outflank
Example Sentences
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But Novo Nordisk then took the unusual step of trying to outflank Pfizer, setting off a bidding war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2025
The US gains allies in its quest to outflank the Chinese in the field of AI and compute - the Gulf nations get a powerful partner in their search for a replacement for oil revenues.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2025
I watched red leaf monkeys and macaques scampering to outflank one another in the canopy.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 23, 2024
“L.A.’s bureaucracy is tough. You have to finagle. You have to cajole. You have to outflank them to get them to do what you think needs to be done.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
Our arrival was not unseasonable, we issuing forth to the side of the conflict, so we might outflank the enemy.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
