eluding

With the title eluding Bengal for more than a decade, the sponsor has announced a fully paid holiday abroad for the players as an incentive for winning the title.

The Hindu - Front Page 2010

Cole did say something about this title eluding him.

PWTorch.com 2009

It even ended on a good note, with the championship cup once again eluding the grasp of the objectionable Mr. Al Davis.

01/01/2003 - 02/01/2003 John 2003

And so it was that when, later, as a tramp, I succeeded in eluding some predatory constable,

Some Adventures With the Police 1908

And so it was, when later, as a tramp, I succeeded in eluding some predatory constable, I could not but feel sorry for the little boys and girls at home in that constable's house; it seemed to me in a way that I was defrauding those little boys and girls of some of the good things of life.

Bulls 1907

And so it was, when later, as a tramp, I succeeded in eluding some predatory constable,

Bulls 1907

No truant, escaped from school, could receive more pleasure in eluding a severe master, than did Mrs. Robinson, when, the vigilance of her physician relaxing, she could once more resume her books and her pen.

Memoirs of Mary Robinson Mary Elizabeth Robinson 1895

They must have a meaning, but to me the feeling was that of searching for some important word eluding the conscious mind.

Dread Companion Norton, Andre 1970

Schouten, according to some, Lemaire, according to others, had formed the idea of eluding this interdict by seeking

Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Jules Verne 1866

That gave him the idea of eluding his two creditors by flight.

The Young Musician ; Or, Fighting His Way Horatio Alger 1865