elude

Websites like DeFlock, FlockHopper and HaveIBeenFlocked purport to turn the tables on Flock by posting camera locations and helping residents elude them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Alexander Zverev finally landed the Grand Slam title that threatened to elude him by overcoming Flavio Cobolli and his own nerves to win a tense French Open final in five sets.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 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

To elude them, he skis directly onto an Olympic bobsled track.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026

To elude the exam panic around me, I avoided my schoolmates and stuck to Bright, little suspecting it was he of all people who would shatter my peace.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

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

The New York Times is always entertaining when it grapples, or fails to grapple, with climate change, the scale of which simply eludes it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

It eludes him like a mechanical rabbit on a track.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025

Attraction eludes control so stubbornly that whole societies designed to organize relationships among people cannot keep order, not even when they bind people to one another from childhood and raise them together.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

Joe Biden used decades of congressional experience to land deals that eluded other White House staff.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

An Ashes triumph eluded Knight throughout her career, which must surely sting.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

He is one of the key leaders of coach Javier Aguirre’s team that will aim to reach at least the quarterfinals — a feat that has eluded El Tri in the last eight World Cups.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 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

The trip to the kitchen and back could not have taken more than two minutes, yet in that time I tramped through swampy cemeteries, climbed over dusty gravestones and eluded litters of night-black cats.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

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

In a sign of how things were going, Garbers lost a shoe on one play in which he threw the ball away while eluding defenders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2024

Matt O'Riley added a third late on, his tame shot eluding George.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2024

“No,” Rick said; he grabbed at Phil Resch’s hand; Resch retreated, eluding him.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick