elude

But the kind of attention even her lesser work with Wagoner enjoyed continued to elude her own material.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

David, the American narrator of this groundbreaking novel by James Baldwin, has come to Paris hoping to elude his homosexuality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 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

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

“You, Tobias—or should I call you Four?—managed to elude me,” she says quietly.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

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

Mainstream distribution still eludes “Union” despite the filmmakers’ best efforts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2024

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

“Pluribus” star Rhea Seehorn finally won the best actress statues that long eluded her, and series creator Vince Gilligan scored a writing Emmy.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

Those close to Healey argue that his emphasis this week on securing the economic growth which has eluded successive governments by spreading wealth around the country is a clear difference from Reeves.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

OpenAI said Tuesday that one of its unreleased artificial intelligence models had solved a mathematical puzzle that has eluded mathematicians for generations, in a claim which also drew a fight with rival researchers over credit.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

The U.S.—with about 16 million total annual vehicle sales and a large potential for profit—has eluded Volkswagen for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

But Martin Adams, distrustful of reporters, kept a low profile in the aftermath of the tragedy and eluded my repeated attempts to interview him until after the Outside piece went to press.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

This is an example of what Tuchel was likely eluding to when using the word "sloppy".

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

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

Getting out of England was going to be his only hope of eluding the British authorities.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau