elude
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But for reasons that still elude scientists, this arrangement falls apart when seawater warms too much and the algae leave or are expelled.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
He had also brought his bike, which seemed to be the best way to elude the masses.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
Answers elude the watchful girl even as Ms. Keegan illuminates each telling detail of the land, of farm life and of adult ways.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
His comrades have been slowly picked off, and without human connections he has further transformed into a hunted animal, driven to elude his pursuers purely by “anger and desperation.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
They said that a man who could elude the law as skilfully as Bigger had was “sane and responsible.”
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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