outdistance
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Quarterback Caleb Williams enabled USC to outdistance Cal with his 26-for-41 performance for 360 yards and four TD passes, plus a 38-yard rushing effort that included one TD.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2022
They earned 47 of 62 first-place votes from a national media panel to easily outdistance Gonzaga, the top preseason team the past two years.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2022
They earned 55 of 63 first-place votes to easily outdistance No. 2 UCLA, which earned the other eight.
From Fox News ● Oct. 18, 2021
If it is right, it will increase its workers’ loyalty and outdistance earthbound competitors.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2021
In a long run my dogs could outdistance him—they can cover close to twenty miles in an hour—but in a short run moose could run much faster.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
While gold miner stocks have outdistanced gold during the first 50 weeks of the year, they were hit hard when gold hit a rough patch this fall.
From Barron's ● Dec. 16, 2025
As performances outdistanced the date of composition with each passing year, opera began to resemble an attempt at historical preservation rather than a dynamic art form.
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2024
He was named on every ballot and easily outdistanced Ramsey.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
Mahomes, who also won in 2018, easily outdistanced Jalen Hurts, receiving 48 of 50 first-place votes from a nationwide panel of media members who regularly cover the league.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 9, 2023
The mountain outdistanced their destruction, just as love had outdistanced death.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
"We're at 316 at noon, so we are outdistancing anything this particular precinct has ever seen."
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2024
They received 45 of 63 first-place votes from the national media panel, easily outdistancing second-place Texas and third-place Virginia.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2022
They topped 60 of 65 ballots in voting results, easily outdistancing No. 2 Kentucky and No. 3 Kansas as the only other teams to receive first-place votes.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2019
They topped 60 of 65 ballots in voting results released Monday, easily outdistancing No. 2 Kentucky and No. 3 Kansas as the only other teams to receive first-place votes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2019
In the hysteria that followed over Soviet scientists’ apparent outdistancing their American counterparts, a new group of technical advisors was brought into the White House.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
