leapfrog
noun
a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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These modern-day Sister Carries are the stars of a new genre of soap-opera fiction that has been leapfrogging from the pages of one metropolitan daily to another.
From Time Magazine Archive
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