elude

Many new companies are designing their products to elude known constraints in defense workforce and supply chains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 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

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

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

He says that the wild turkey, once abundant in the deciduous forests in these regions, is far more intelligent and can elude even practiced hunters.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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

I've never known him to swear, yet he and my brother seem to have found a common language that eludes the rest of us.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

The Spanish epic—contested in the back third of the season—was the rare title that eluded Pogacar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

This has eluded neuroscience for decades, but the introduction of a new class of drugs for weight loss may have given us just the lever we need to understand it.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

Burnham hopes to show the markets he can deliver the welfare reform that eluded former prime minister Sir Keir Starmer.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Whoever had carved up the ash had eluded his sentries, plainly.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

But eluding the music of rock royalty is no easy task.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 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

As an athlete, I knew if I worked a little harder I would find the success that was eluding me.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad