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British Airways benefited from additional demand from customers, particularly corporate travelers using its routes to elude the Middle East, IAG said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

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

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

Yet more than four years into this war, victory continues to elude his country.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

After school I would stay in the library until it closed, just to elude the family’s overconcerned looks.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang

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

He reached the semi-finals of Masters, Grand Prix, European Championship and Grand Slam but that major title still eludes him.

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 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

And the truth of Jon Arryn's death still eluded him.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

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

Daniel Andreas San Diego, 46, who was arrested in Wales with assistance from British authorities, was placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist List in 2009 after eluding capture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2024

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

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2024

Brinker Hadley had been tagged with a nickname at last, after four years of creating them for others and eluding one himself.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles