leap
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The guest list was crafted to represent Jaguar’s attempted leap from being a favored car of older drivers to being considered by the fashionable, cosmopolitan new-money set.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Halzen's great leap was to use ice instead -- unlike liquid water, it isn't disturbed by living creatures, and its darkness is constant at great depth.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
But eventually, you reach an age where you put more emphasis on faith than the leap itself.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
A council grant helped with the refurbishment after they decided to make the leap.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
This rocket, the R-7, was his masterpiece, a leap forward in rocket design.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
France and Italy have seen even bigger leaps in their 10-year bond yields than the U.S. probably at least partly due to their high debt levels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The NFL is all in on promoting flag football, which makes the Rams-sponsored Girls’ Jamboree on Saturday in Carson another opportunity to show off a sport growing by leaps and bounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
He flagged that Meta’s AI models have displayed large leaps in capabilities in just a few months.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
I have always known Karl to be self-deprecating, but this leaps from the page.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Queenie leaps backward as though launched from a catapult.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
U.S. stocks leaped after Wednesday’s punishing session, with the Nasdaq composite gaining about 2% as chip stocks rebound.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
She leaped 42-8 3/4 in the triple jump, comfortably ahead of Los Altos senior Daniela Hughes, who finished at 41-1 before sharing the podium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
Redick leaped off the bench to call a timeout with 10:36 left in the second to get things back in order for the Lakers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
Fellow EU leaders, at the Cyprus summit, who are also in Nato, leaped to Spain's defence.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
She crossed windswept fields and leaped over thickets of shrubs and passed hot springs that sent steam floating into the sky.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
As Anthropic leapt ahead in the AI race and its models gained traction with businesses, the company’s computing capacity wasn’t able to keep up and customers faced usage limits and outages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
But after starting a local book club, she leapt at the chance to rent a space in the Lincolnshire town.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Shares leapt nearly five percent in after-hours trading on Wall Street.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
The stock leapt 30% in the last session before rising a further 7.5% in premarket trade Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Without warning, he leapt forward, landing right in the middle of Gingersnipes.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Among his snags Monday was a leaping, two-handed grab off a sidearm sling from quarterback Matthew Stafford on the Rams’ second possession.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
A brush fire that broke out Monday afternoon in the hills around La Habra Heights has affected multiple homes, with at least one destroyed, flames leaping from another and more under threat, according to authorities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Federer may no longer have the most major tournament victories—both Novak Djokovic and Nadal put his 20 in the rear view for men’s singles—but his leaping, balletic style remains the sport’s aesthetic ideal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
"Hand-eye coordination, tracking and locating balls, leaping down low or up high, and attacking the ball at corner kicks, that translates very well," Traore says.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Then a Tyrannosaurus rex roared and stomped through the leafy jungle, causing a leaping herd of Velociraptors to screech and flee.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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