leapfrog
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We must act boldly, leapfrog over all other agencies, make it a two-horse race with CAA, and the only way to accomplish that is a merger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The 104-year-old company’s attempt to leapfrog into the 21st century is running into resistance from its agents and customers alike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 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I like it when incumbents are operating on outdated systems because that creates a substantial opportunity to leapfrog competitors with modern integrated technology.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
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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
“Surrender” leapfrogs through Bono’s and U2’s improbable story in vignettes that zigzag between poetic and prosaic, devout and skeptical, privileged and conscientious, mystical and political.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
As Patterson leapfrogs back and forth through time and among his various possible existences, he gradually comes to understand “how his behavior influences and shapes others’ lives even after he was long gone from them.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2023
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
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
Like when he somehow leapfrogged a defender while flying backward, a feat enshrined on the cover of the Madden NFL videogame.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
And it's not even over Russell, who has been leapfrogged by Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
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
He leapfrogged several higher-ranking Secret Service officials to take the job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
To go from table arrangements to catching spies—it felt as though I had leapfrogged over weeks or months of training.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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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
Bulgaria - the poorest country in the European Union - has become the 21st member of the eurozone - leapfrogging more obvious and prosperous candidates like Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2025
Melius analyst Ben Reitzes points out that large language models have a way of leapfrogging each other.
From Barron's ● Nov. 28, 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
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