leapfrog
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The 104-year-old insurer is attempting to leapfrog its business model into the 21st century with the help of artificial intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Carlo Ancelotti's side breezed past Haiti to leapfrog the Scots in Group C on Saturday.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 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I like it when incumbents are operating on outdated systems because that creates a substantial opportunity to leapfrog competitors with modern integrated technology.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
Seth dashed over to the first log, scrambled onto it without much trouble, and, taking a jump as if he were playing leapfrog, ended up seated atop the second log.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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
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
If you don’t know where Jupiter is, the first-quarter moon leapfrogs over it Sept. 5 and 6, and the swelling moon sneaks past Saturn on Sept. 7 and 8.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2019
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 Charles Herbert Sylvester
Anthropic has leapfrogged ahead of rival artificial intelligence developer OpenAI, filing its confidential paperwork for an initial public offering.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
When undecided voters were asked who they would vote for if they had to make a choice, Raman leapfrogged Pratt — though by less than a percentage point, the poll found.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
He leapfrogged several higher-ranking Secret Service officials to take the job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 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
But she could not take her eyes from her brother as he leapfrogged from log to log, higher and higher.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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
The victory takes the English club to the top of Pool 4, leapfrogging champions Bordeaux-Begles and Northampton who meet in France on Sunday in a re-run of last season's final.
From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026
At least one team that kept leapfrogging us didn’t reach their Atlantic goal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2025
“I read about it once. One of our own agents went rogue, and in order to confuse his trail he started leapfrogging through time.”
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
