be outdistanced
Example Sentences
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When an oil rig has an engine and a propeller, however – when she is classed as a vessel; a mobile she, not a stationary it – regulations can be outdistanced.
From The Guardian • May 2, 2017
The President was not to be outdistanced on another front.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Japanese Akagi and Kaga would be outdistanced in a day.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was plain to see that unless something happened they would soon be outdistanced.
From Bob Cook and the German Spy by Tomlinson, Paul Greene
Although Carl Oaks had been left far behind, the other man was not to be outdistanced.
From Saboteurs on the River by Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine)
