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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

Amy Hunt retained her 100m title on Saturday and despite winning 200m silver at last year's World Championships, the national title continues to elude her.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

“You, Tobias—or should I call you Four?—managed to elude me,” she says quietly.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

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

The first free-standing restaurant may have been the “Old American,” opened maybe a year earlier, but it too eludes confirmation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025

I have always thought a man should own a house near the place he was bom, where he might find a restfulness that eludes him elsewhere.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

Maybe the stars will align and give Cristiano Ronaldo the one final World Cup moment that has eluded him throughout his legendary career.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

I wept with relief every Sunday as he eluded the evil men and bounded back from each seeming defeat as sweet and gentle as ever.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

The Apache medicine man Geronimo made his now-legendary name leading raids and eluding capture during the Apache wars of the 19th century.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 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

The origins of this personal subjective consciousness have been eluding researchers for decades.

From Salon ● May 26, 2025

Daniel Andreas San Diego, 46, who was arrested in Wales with assistance from British authorities, was placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist List in 2009 after eluding capture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2024

Brinker Hadley had been tagged with a nickname at last, after four years of creating them for others and eluding one himself.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles