leapfrog
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There could be something of a leapfrog past Holyrood in this scenario.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Scotland sits in seventh place in these standings, but their rivals have games left to pile up goals and leapfrog them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
"The industry has to innovate and leapfrog, and not just copy and paste China," he said.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
I like it when incumbents are operating on outdated systems because that creates a substantial opportunity to leapfrog competitors with modern integrated technology.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
Another leapfrog jump and he sat atop the nine-foot log.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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It is Korda's second Chevron title in three seasons and ensures she leapfrogs Jeeno Thitikul in the rankings, after the Thai missed the cut.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
Intent on ensuring that China leapfrogs the U.S. as the world’s pre-eminent power, Xi Jinping recently made the gutsy and perhaps counterintuitive decision to invest massively in an arena of American strength—basic research.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
“Surrender” leapfrogs through Bono’s and U2’s improbable story in vignettes that zigzag between poetic and prosaic, devout and skeptical, privileged and conscientious, mystical and political.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
The increase leapfrogs the Fed's 75 basis points increase last month for the largest since central banks began responding to inflation in force earlier this year.
From Reuters ● Jul. 13, 2022
But Tom was most astonished to see how he fired himself off—snap! like the leapfrogs which you make out of a goose's breastbone.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert
And it's not even over Russell, who has been leapfrogged by Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
After spending 209 days at the top of the table, the Gunners have been leapfrogged by Pep Guardiola's side on goals scored.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
Jurors in New Mexico leapfrogged their California peers Tuesday, handing down a $375 million verdict against Meta for endangering children while a similar lawsuit remains pending in Los Angeles County.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026
The state leapfrogged California and my home state of Illinois not by becoming wealthier or changing its demographics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
I crawled, dragged myself, weakly leapfrogged to the tree.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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Olsen: I’m sort of leapfrogging over nominations, and I’m just thinking about what would be exciting on the show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
First, the court agreed to issue its final judgment in Callais quickly, leapfrogging over the normal period when parties could seek Supreme Court rehearing.
From Slate ● May 13, 2026
Melius analyst Ben Reitzes points out that large language models have a way of leapfrogging each other.
From Barron's ● Nov. 28, 2025
As China’s population shrinks and ages, Beijing is betting on leapfrogging technological advance and innovation to boost productivity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
But by leapfrogging the United States into space, the Russians had turned even local racial policy into fodder for the international conflict.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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