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[out-foks] / ˌaʊtˈfɒks /


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The Na’vi strategy—Viet Cong-like—is to outfox them with their low-tech, nature-friendly, home-field-advantage energy.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 17, 2025

No one has to suppress a shudder of fear when he enters the room or worry that this guy is going to somehow outfox them.

From New York Times Mar. 26, 2024

Can Lue show he can again outfox opposing coaches with his lineup choices and in-game adjustments?

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 2, 2023

But he raised the possibility for the first time that jail might be the only way to ensure Bankman-Fried won’t outfox the government with ways to use electronic devices in ways that can’t be tracked.

From Seattle Times Feb. 16, 2023

It was impossible to outfox her at this game.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Krychowiak’s dummy outfoxes Emre Can before he slips a pass to Gibbs, whose low cross catches Van Dijk out, the defender preoccupied by Robson-Kanu.

From The Guardian Jan. 27, 2018

Murray wasn’t best pleased at the time taken to appeal but he outfoxes Tomic with a drop shot for 30-0 anyway.

From The Guardian Sep. 20, 2015

But the rodent soon outfoxes the patient by employing a bit of orthodontia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Much of Meany's consistent success is due to his own stubborn endurance; he outplots, outfoxes and above all outlasts his opponents.

From Time Magazine Archive

In which a wise man from Philadelphia goes to Paris and outfoxes spies of two nations.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

Look what he accomplished; look how he outfoxed and defeated every opponent.

From Salon Nov. 16, 2025

So was my father’s, a sly teacher of life lessons to the end, who outfoxed me one final time.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 8, 2025

Anthony Gordon, in particular, spearheaded their attacking play with a guile and flair as he frequently outfoxed the Villa defence with his movement and tricky.

From BBC Jan. 30, 2024

Nick Nurse, the former Raptors coach who outfoxed Budenholzer en route to the 2019 title, happens to be a free agent.

From Washington Post Apr. 27, 2023

I pushed the first tape into the VCR and sat beside him, searching his warped face, listening to his soft whimpers, while on the screen Alice Kramden outfoxed her husband again and again.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Occasionally BBC Russian succeeded in outfoxing the jammers.

From BBC Mar. 27, 2026

“Red foxes are colonizing the Arctic, and they’re outfoxing the Arctic foxes,” he says.

From Scientific American Jan. 25, 2023

But outfoxing competition from the private sector has proven elusive, particularly in cybersecurity jobs, even though the military offers tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses for such billets.

From Washington Post Sep. 21, 2022

Fittipaldi takes the lead on Lap 185 and holds on, outfoxing Formula One champion Nigel Mansell, who hesitates on a restart, and by the time he reacts Fittipaldi is by him.

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2020

Asterix, the indomitable pint-sized Gaul forever outfoxing the Romans, is taking a step back for a female hero for the first time in the beloved comic’s 60-year history.

From The Guardian Oct. 24, 2019




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