elude

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

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 had also brought his bike, which seemed to be the best way to elude the masses.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

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

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

Even if Roy managed to elude Dana Matherson this afternoon, the drama would start all over again Monday.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

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

What eludes me is the reason for his regression—is it a special case?

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

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

He won a fifth title with Aston Villa in May - their win over Freiburg in Istanbul ending a 30-year trophy drought - but the Super Cup has eluded him.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Joe Biden used decades of congressional experience to land deals that eluded other White House staff.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

Prosecutors filed an arrest warrant for Kim in November 2018, but he is believed to have fled and eluded authorities for eight years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

Maybe, if I could just see his face again, I would also be able to see the solution that eluded me now.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

“It’s this shrewd way that they’re protecting their information and eluding public oversight,” Shapiro said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

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

As Dev spoke, his voice bounced wildly off the glass, sometimes loud, sometimes soft, sometimes seeming to land in Miranda’s chest, sometimes eluding her ear altogether.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri