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outfox

[aut-foks] / ˌaʊtˈfɒks /


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National-security hawks argued they had to be withheld to stifle China’s development of military weaponry and, perhaps one day, advanced AI systems that outfox humans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025

Earlier, world number 86 Maria used her slice-heavy style of play to outfox 11th-ranked Rybakina.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2025

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

Following a $1-billion-grossing, Oscar-winning smash could have left writer and director Jared Bush and director Byron Howard feeling like rabbits in the headlights, but they seem to have outfoxed the challenge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

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

In Chester-le-Street, he outfoxed West Indies with that understated routine of tricks.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2025

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

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

But maybe he can keep outfoxing his own mind.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 3, 2019




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