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outshine

verb as in outdo

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Critics argued the golf series was a deliberate attempt at “sportswashing” by “banking on the glamour of athletics to outshine concerns about a history of human rights abuses,” The Times reported at the time.

Just the bacteria that live in our mouths outshine E. coli for acid tolerance he notes.

From BBC

"Scarily, weight loss seems to outshine all those record-breaking achievements."

From BBC

So competitive, so determined to outshine the other, so very male.

The key to using the oner successfully — and avoiding accusations of gimmickry — is to ensure the style doesn’t outshine the story, says Barantini, who also used the technique for his restaurant drama “Boiling Point.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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