elude
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While eye-popping gains will elude them, even schools that have less exposure can see big gains by more conventional measures.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 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
High-speed trains, and pretty much any mass transportation improvement, continue to elude the United States, but one can experience them elsewhere.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
But deep sleep continued to elude me and was proving to have been a prebombing gift.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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