verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
always
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At the time I had wondered why this main theme somehow always eluded me, why the great events never materialized.
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The balance of creativity and business skill needed to smoothly administer the operations would in fact always elude the pair.
still
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So, even moderate fame still eluded him, and Nicholson remained unknown outside of a small Hollywood clique.
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An invitation to Muirfield still eluded me.
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But the most sought-after smell - the one which women find irresistible - still eludes the experts.
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The perfect song still eludes me.
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Nine singles and one album had been released, but success still eluded him.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Despite a $25,000 reward on his head, he continues to elude the authorities.
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Jones eluded the police for six weeks.
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Lt. Forney managed to elude capture by enemy forces for several weeks.
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The distinction between the two philosophies largely eludes me.
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Till now a college degree has eluded her.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Desperately, the Doctor tries a series of random landings in the hope of eluding their pursuers.
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Fame she achieved; fortune eluded her.
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Finally, he made a calculation, the nature of which eluded Dougal, and scribbled a number on the pad.
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It was a mystery that had eluded the intellectual efforts of Isaac Newton and teased the mind of Albert Einstein.
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Morphology of individual colonic pressure waves has eluded reliable classification.
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Or will he have the success that eludes the smart boys of Tin Pan Alley?
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The trappings of management elude us at first.