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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are very elusive" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is difficult to find, catch, or achieve.
Example: "The answers to the mystery are very elusive, leaving the detectives puzzled."
Alternatives: "are quite hard to pin down" or "are difficult to grasp."
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The lyrics are very elusive and obscure.
But the properties that distinguish the two are very elusive.
"It's a real breakthrough in the study of perceptions, which are very elusive brain functions to study," says neurobiologist Thomas Park of the University of Illinois, Chicago.
Most of Alaska's bears are very elusive and nomadic in the wild but this busy live camera has tracked them down to one particular point at Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park.
We're carrying out a series of drone strikes against jihadists, but under the Obama administration the specifics are very elusive.
Unfortunately, the malaria parasites are very elusive.
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"It's very elusive," Verlander said.
"Music is very elusive," he says.
'They're very elusive about it.
"It was very elusive and mysterious," she added.
"There is no sharing of information," Mrs. Kieler said, "and they are being very elusive.
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