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outwork

[aut-wurk, aut-wurk] / ˌaʊtˈwɜrk, ˈaʊtˌwɜrk /


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“I’m trying to outwork the contract,” Snoop said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

I think he will outwork Eubank and might stop him, but I am edging towards a Benn victory on points in an absolute thriller.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025

We spoke after the first season of “Mo” came out and you talked about how as an immigrant, your mentality is you have to outwork everybody.

From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2025

“She runs harder and runs faster than her opponents. Nobody’s going to outwork her.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2024

But his eyes always seem hopeful when he says that I can outwork talent over the long haul, and so for him—and for me too—I try my best to do just that.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick

Some trained engineers looked down on him, but "he really outworked everybody," Diamos says.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

One reason for his primary win is that he simply outworked Stevens, visiting over 110 cities, according to his campaign, holding over 500 public events and, in the process, building a genuine movement.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

The crowd attempted to rouse McCann with a succession of "Molly" chants, but it was in vain as the Brazilian outworked her on the floor before securing a rear naked choke.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2025

USC was still outworked on the glass, where it has struggled all season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2024

To the last, looking as if he was bowed down to the point of exhaustion by his labours, he outworked all his subordinates.

From The Mirrors of Downing Street Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster by Harold Begbie

“Winning an Iowa caucus requires a strong combination of outworking and out-organizing the competition and that’s been the Ron DeSantis model.”

From Washington Times ● Nov. 30, 2023

The Burton-upon-Trent fighter began well, doubling up on his jabs and outworking Wach in the opening rounds.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2023

Dunford, asked about the barriers that Gen. Stewart faced, said that his friend and colleague “knew it might be harder for him than others,” and believed that he could overcome obstacles by outworking others.

From Washington Post ● May 1, 2023

They’ve simply played harder, outworking teams to get an edge.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2022

This is, and has always been the unfailing law of progression, of the outworking of the ascending series.

From Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul by Anna Bishop Scofield

Our position, fortified by the facts and reasonings in the preceding pages, is, that spirits—departed human beings—generated and outwrought Salem witchcraft.

From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Allen Putnam

But man feels the aspirations for a superior life, a soaring out of and above the physical senses; he feels the promptings of duty, of right, of justice and truth, outwrought from his innermost being.

From Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science by Hudson Tuttle

Great changes and advances of either a material, mental, political, social, or spiritual world are, like births, generally outwrought through anguish and sufferings.

From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Allen Putnam


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