leaping

Example Sentences

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They are quick when they want to be, moving fast or leaping with incredible accuracy, or coming to a sudden stop and changing direction in a microsecond.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

And so lawmakers in both chambers have been leaping over each other this week to introduce their ballroom bills.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

Secret Service and other law enforcement for keeping people safe, and praised journalists in the room for leaping to work to inform the public of what had occurred.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

That’s according to Deutsche Bank strategist Henry Allen, who is leaping to the defense of what some have termed complacent investors and markets when it comes to the Iran war.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

This one began leaping around the deck, stuffing things in a burlap bag—Piper’s dagger, Leo’s Wii controllers.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan