outrun

Example Sentences

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The Blues have won 42% of their matches despite being outrun in every game, a 17% increase on the league's average.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Yet back-to-back red cards against Burnley and Arsenal followed, Chelsea continue to be outrun in the Premier League, and lapses in concentration have become a weekly gripe from the 41-year-old.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

The film's final sequence sees Bob desperately searching for his daughter as she tries to outrun Lockjaw in the desert.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

It would have been terrible to run on if I was a fresh, fleet-footed 20-year-old, but I was 51 and still trying to outrun guys half my age.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

He knew all too well that you couldn’t hide from them and it was impossible to outrun them.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls