outwit

Kerewin is a memorable heroine, a chain-smoking, stumpy, frizzy-haired genius of a woman who can outfight, outfish and outwit anyone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Watch as the fluid camerawork makes her kills look nastier, and the preposterous script allows her to outwit her foes, even with the cards stacked against her at every turn.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026

Liz is a compelling creation, at once smart, sassy and wily, and there is fun to be had watching her slickly outwit credulous individuals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025

Unlike Harry and co, who would perform hair-raising manoeuvres while soaring through the air on broomsticks, real-life players try to outwit their opponents astride PVC pipes.

From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2025

Detering meant to outwit them: he fastened a thin wire to the roof and suspended his bread from it.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

"This is a self-reliant character who outwits those trying to exploit her with silent grit and steely determination. Momin slipped into this feminist folklore with quiet understanding."

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026

Still, Peter Falk’s formidable cigar-smoking detective serves as an inspiration for Elsbeth, with her intentionally disarming wardrobe, and how she outwits the murderer-of-the-week, played by a famous guest star.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2024

He shot to fame in a popular television series, "Servant of the People", in which he played an honest school teacher who is elected president and outwits crooked lawmakers and shadowy businessmen.

From Reuters ● Jun. 1, 2022

Like “Figaro,” “La Scuola” is a lyrical comedy involving jealous lovers of various classes, including a countess who outwits her philandering count.

From The New Yorker ● May 27, 2019

She turned her head to look at Ash and added, “She even outwits the Fairy Queen.”

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

Since 2009, Mr. Netanyahu has consistently outwitted them, governing for all but one year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025

Early cancer vaccine research faltered as cancer outwitted and outlasted patients’ weak immune systems, said Olja Finn, a vaccine researcher at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 26, 2023

Buoyed by a strong Arsenal following among a record crowd in London, they outplayed and outwitted their long-standing rivals to claim a sixth League Cup.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2023

Arteta has already outwitted Guardiola in the FA Cup, having led Arsenal to a 2-0 victory over then-defending champion City in the semifinals in 2020.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2023

But if anybody had outwitted Al Ulbrickson, it was his own coxswain— the short kid with his own Phi Beta Kappa key.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Blackburn were eager not to become a plotline in future 'Welcome to Wrexham' episodes and quickly took control of the game, outwitting their opponents with slick passing and sharp movement to create several chances.

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2024

Bletchley Park’s most famous feat was outwitting Germany’s Enigma encryption machine, which produced a constantly changing cipher and was widely considered unbreakable.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2023

It’s not that Reggie was an extraordinarily canny alligator, craftily outwitting his would-be captors.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2022

Its rags-to-riches plot about an adorable, eternally optimistic orphan who melts the frozen heart of a billionaire while outwitting her orphanage's scheming, resentful matron marries the Cinderella tale with the ethos of American striving.

From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2021

“Everywhere the best ornamental grounds that we see are those in which vines and creepers are outwitting the gardener. We can’t have little vines and weeds enough.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson