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outrace

[out-reys] / ˌaʊtˈreɪs /


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He danced and juked, dodged and eluded tacklers, using his instincts to find open space that allowed him to use his speed to outrace the defense into the end zone.

From Seattle Times Apr. 11, 2024

Betting on James is betting that he will continue to outrace the aging process.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 23, 2023

Cornell researchers combined soft microactuators with high-energy-density chemical fuel to create an insect-scale quadrupedal robot that is powered by combustion and can outrace, outlift, outflex and outleap its electric-driven competitors.

From Science Daily Sep. 19, 2023

They'll leave parties early, desperate to outrace the clock and get a kid to their own bed in time.

From Salon Mar. 10, 2023

This expressly decreed that nothing could outrace the speed of light and yet here were physicists insisting that, somehow, at the subatomic level, information could.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Out-qualified and outraced by team-mate Ocon during a painful weekend for Haas.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

Giménez, the 22-year-old Feyenoord forward, dribbled past Harold Cummings and outraced Cummings and Fidel Escobar into the penalty area.

From Washington Times Jul. 16, 2023

They included a 75-yard catch, in which Davis outraced two defenders in catching the ball in stride at the Chiefs 20.

From Seattle Times Aug. 1, 2022

Mu received a rare challenge from Ajee’ Wilson, whose American record she seized in Tokyo, at the U.S. championships but outraced her over the final 20 meters.

From Washington Post Jul. 25, 2022

He loped across the grass, easily outraced them all, and gobbled the ball up, sweeping it into his jaws with that huge tongue.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers

He began experimenting with a sewing machine and, in 1846, introduced a foot-powered model that could sew 250 stitches a minute, outracing the fastest human hands by a factor of five.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Powell beat Stovall to the ball, caught the pass cleanly and took off down the sideline on the UW side before outracing Bourguet to his first score.

From Seattle Times Oct. 22, 2023

But in certain situations -- outracing or outmaneuvering a predator, for example -- the ratios of those periods change drastically.

From Science Daily Oct. 3, 2023

This is about chasing a title while LeBron James still is outracing time.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2023

He knew, of course, about the machines called hornets, which could fly and strike at fearful speeds like that, outracing sound.

From World of the Drone by Abernathy, Robert




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