Word: leapfrogged
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Crimson held on for a hard fought 2-1 victory and is now is position for a strong finish that could help them leapfrog into the top two or three in the Ivy League standings...
...Crimson (2-8-2, 1-3 Ivy) was hoping to use the match to leapfrog out of its doldrums in the bottom half of the Ivy League standings, but the Tigers (9-3-1, 4-1 Ivy) proved too tough and took control of the conference with the comeback...
...local plans for the new roads that encourage development. But dumb growth is not confined to Atlanta. Half a century after America loaded the car and fled to the suburbs, these boundless, slapdash places are making people want to flee once more. "All of a sudden, they're playing leapfrog with a bulldozer," says Al Gore, who wants to be the antisprawl candidate...
...single day, Harvard seems to have leapt ahead from a straggler to a leader, a game of leapfrog made possible only by the University's unparalleled--and growing--wealth...
...points on a sheet of wrinkled yellow paper, jumping from topic to topic with a disjointed rhythm that diminished his chances of building up a rolling momentum. The first fusillade of jokes--how "woos" and "yips" have replaced laughter at shows--was classic Seinfeld: gently humorous observations. Then comedy leapfrog. A few comments about death segued into a bit on how the closest equivalent we have to royalty in America is the people who get to ride in electric carts at the airport. By the time the nearly hour-long set ended abruptly with an orgasm gag, he had covered...