leapfrogs

Definition of leapfrogsnext
present tense third-person singular of leapfrog

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for leapfrogs
Verb
  • Tebow practically leaps to his feet to say hello.
    Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Once the film leaps ahead to Paris in the late 1800s, Jones appears as a dandified version of his princely self.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Experts who spoke to Flow Space are hopeful that these new approvals will provide the necessary tools to treat a disease that evades treatment by constantly mutating.
    Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 16 Dec. 2025
  • In the film, Sea-Based X-Band Radar detects a missile flying across the Pacific Ocean toward Chicago that later evades interception.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The forthcoming new season skips ahead five years from where season two left off.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 9 Feb. 2026
  • From a few rows back on my right another guitarist makes eye contact, skips the first A chord of the pre-chorus, and frisbees a pack of nickel-wound DR Pure Blues through the air.
    Jeff Miller, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The message also avoids links on purpose.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • To the Kremlin’s frustration, the plan also avoids any provision that would force Ukraine to give up territory to the Russians.
    Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Becoming a master of quadruple jumps that no one else can land, rising with all the ease of a young Michael Jordan—before landing on a pair of butcher knives, on ice.
    Stephanie Bai, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2026
  • No other men’s skater attempted three quadruple jumps Sunday.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • When cooked straight from frozen, that fractured surface dries quickly as moisture turns to steam and escapes before the interior fully softens.
    Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 8 Feb. 2026
  • In Austin, February is practically a monthlong ode to friendship, from brunches where the mimosas are mandatory to rooftop escapes, DIY adventures and dessert experiments that make staying in feel just as celebratory.
    Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 7 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • But with limited data, the precise driver of the phenomenon largely eludes researchers.
    Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The economics of it all eludes me.
    Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Mitski lies on the lawn looking at the girl leaving her, like the witch in Into the Woods when Rapunzel shuns her and then gets promptly trampled by a giant.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The unfortunate truth is that the agency has lost its way and shuns innovation.
    Ross Marchand, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2026
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“Leapfrogs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leapfrogs. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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