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Consistency Eludes Burnett Again as Seattle Hits Him Hard A. J. Burnett and Felix Hernandez are right-handed pitchers who share a number and a blazing fastball but not a whole lot else.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2010

"They cannot change the Frost's decree, They cannot keep the skies serene; How happy days are made to be "Eludes great Man's sagacity No less than ours, O tribes in treen!

From Poems of the Past and the Present by Hardy, Thomas

He sees them when they come Glad from the soil; but what they mean thereby, And what they dream of, when they front the sky, Eludes his learning.

From A Lover's Litanies by Mackay, Eric

The grave is sealed and marble guards its freight, But still corruption is the breath of life, Eludes its guard and scatters everywhere.

From Essays on Scandinavian Literature by Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth