as in hops
to propel oneself upward or forward into the air
the outfielder leaped into the air to catch the ball before it went over the fence
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
Now, Epic Games has another target in its sights with Ballistic, a competitive first-person shooter mode that leaps into the genre that esports favorites Valorant and Counter-Strike have dominated for years.
—Echo Apsey, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
Later on, both groups of students joined forces on a blog that gathered stories of abuse, a website that’s referenced when the film leaps a few decades into the future.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Every few years, the company leaps to a new S-curve of innovation.
—Big Think, 19 Dec. 2024
So Art leaps up, does not hit the ball, sort of crashes over the net into Patrick’s arms.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
The video, which has received over 840,000 views since it was shared on November 20, shows Iggy waiting in the backyard while Duffy leaps upward to open the door from the inside.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
As a director, Kendrick leaps around in time through the ’70s, staging a number of Rodney Alcala’s pickups and murders.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 Oct. 2024
Hooper's original is often imitated but never replicated, one of the few horror movies that leaps from the screen without an ounce of artifice attached and embeds itself in your subconscious.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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Greatest Hits also leaps on four other tallies.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
Now, Epic Games has another target in its sights with Ballistic, a competitive first-person shooter mode that leaps into the genre that esports favorites Valorant and Counter-Strike have dominated for years.
—Echo Apsey, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
Later on, both groups of students joined forces on a blog that gathered stories of abuse, a website that’s referenced when the film leaps a few decades into the future.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Every few years, the company leaps to a new S-curve of innovation.
—Big Think, 19 Dec. 2024
So Art leaps up, does not hit the ball, sort of crashes over the net into Patrick’s arms.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
The video, which has received over 840,000 views since it was shared on November 20, shows Iggy waiting in the backyard while Duffy leaps upward to open the door from the inside.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
As a director, Kendrick leaps around in time through the ’70s, staging a number of Rodney Alcala’s pickups and murders.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 Oct. 2024
Hooper's original is often imitated but never replicated, one of the few horror movies that leaps from the screen without an ounce of artifice attached and embeds itself in your subconscious.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Leaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaps. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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