elude

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Spoils of the Sea Elude Many in an Alaska Antipoverty Plan AKIAK, Alaska — The humble pollock, great cash fish of the north, conquered the world through the flaky bland hegemony of a fish stick.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2013

Films That Allow the Elusive to Elude "Ocean," a 2011 film by Charles Atlas, captures a performance of Merce Cunningham's magnum opus in Minnesota.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2012

Elude, e-lūd′, v.t. to escape by stratagem: to baffle.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Elude my power, and you are lost, irrevocably and eternally.

From The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation by Boldrewood, Rolf

Whose phantom features in the dome of Night Elude the keenest gaze of wistful eyes Till amplest lenses aid the failing sight, On heaven's blue sea the farthest isle of fire.

From John L. Stoddard's Lectures, Vol. 10 (of 10) Southern California; Grand Canon of the Colorado River; Yellowstone National Park by Stoddard, John L. (John Lawson)