leapfrogging

present participle of leapfrog

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Verb
  • Almost skipping back towards the drumkit, Townshend came racing back to the mic ahead of a bluesy late interlude on stage in the Windy City, the home of the electrified artform.
    Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Consider skipping the drive-thru and, instead, grab the items to make on your own pumpkin spice cold foam.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This was a logical progression in the war, as well as a response to the contradictions at the heart of an American policy that sought to assist Ukraine while avoiding direct confrontation with Russia.
    Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This means not just avoiding harm, but also actively promoting health and well-being preventively.
    Kristen Moon, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Cheda shared the hilarious footage on TikTok on August 27, showing the 7-month-old puppy leaping on the couch, running from room to room, and even jumping onto her sisters.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Steven Kwan made a leaping catch at the wall on Sunday.
    Zack Meisel, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Villa have enjoyed a successful style, evading risk and playing with precision.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Thomas Phillips and his children – believed to be ages 9, 10 and 12 – had been evading police in a remote part of the country’s North Island since December 2021, triggering a manhunt that gripped the nation.
    Todd Symons, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • EDTIn a press conference, authorities shared security camera footage of the gunman running across a roof and jumping down from a building before leaving the Utah Valley University campus.
    Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The footage showed the person running across the roof of one of the university’s buildings, before jumping down and escaping the scene.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In that film, Redford plays Forrest Tucker, a real-life career criminal known for escaping from prison several times and for committing a string of audacious bank robberies well into his later years.
    Hannah Parry Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The Earth saw a strong geomagnetic storm Sunday night, NOAA reported, reaching a G3 (on a scale of 5) due to the impact of solar winds escaping from a cooler, dense region of the Sun.
    Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Perry has been loping around the world on this tour for four months.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • And by eschewing its traditional pay-per-view approach, UFC may now finally capitalize on its enormous audience reach.
    John Cassillo, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • And yet, today’s young adults are increasingly eschewing the traditional banking and credit infrastructure altogether in favor of peer-to-peer payment apps.
    Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Leapfrogging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leapfrogging. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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