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However, for the third year running she came up just short in the final as a first Women's Matchplay title since the inaugural tournament in 2022 continues to elude her.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

While eye-popping gains will elude them, even schools that have less exposure can see big gains by more conventional measures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

After disappearing in 1993, Messina Denaro managed to elude authorities for the next 30 years as the Italian state cracked down on the Sicilian mob.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

High-speed trains, and pretty much any mass transportation improvement, continue to elude the United States, but one can experience them elsewhere.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026

Her thought processes, prelinguistic, would largely elude me.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

It’s also likely that the true extent and reach of these secret sponsorships still eludes us.

From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2026

Not every collection is a success: a delicate red-orange shrimp daintily eludes the suction tube, swirling its long antenna as it swims almost triumphantly beyond reach.

From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026

That division once again spotlighted a painful truth for the bloc: basic political compromise to address Europe’s biggest challenges eludes the bloc.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

A World Cup still eludes Clarke, who has said there is a "75% chance" he will not renew his deal with the Scottish FA after next summer's finals.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025

And the enviable peace of which he speaks eludes me.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

But a full retrospective at one of her hometown’s major museums eluded her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

He created Germany's opening goal for Felix Nmecha with the sort of delicate touch and quick thinking that eluded him for much of last term.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

More planes are the key to earnings and free cash flow, which have eluded the company for years.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

A new class of drugs is poised to take on an insidious cause of heart attacks and strokes that has eluded treatment for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

Then I tried in vain to pin the thing down, and cut it, but it eluded me, and in my frustration I was clanking my knife on the plate.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

The Apache medicine man Geronimo made his now-legendary name leading raids and eluding capture during the Apache wars of the 19th century.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

Peddemors netted again with a cross that found its way in after eluding several players before Beerensteyn rifled in from distance to double Wolfsburg's lead.

From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025

The origins of this personal subjective consciousness have been eluding researchers for decades.

From Salon ● May 26, 2025

It’s the kind of success that was once eluding Vesia, a resurrection not every big-league reliever can manage to stage.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2024

Somehow Osha and the wretched boys were eluding him.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin