outdistance
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The Jayhawks were the clear No. 1 pick in the AP Top 25 preseason men’s basketball poll released Monday, earning 46 of 63 first-place votes to easily outdistance No. 2 Duke and No. 3 Purdue.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
They earned 55 of 63 first-place votes to easily outdistance No. 2 UCLA, which earned the other eight.
From Fox News ● Oct. 18, 2021
If it is right, it will increase its workers’ loyalty and outdistance earthbound competitors.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2021
Cox got about a quarter of the votes counted so far in Tuesday’s election to easily outdistance former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for second to Newsom, who won by a comfortable margin.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2018
Adela was twenty, and so far did she outdistance the world that it seemed certain she would be the most beautiful for many, many years.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
While gold miner stocks have outdistanced gold during the first 50 weeks of the year, they were hit hard when gold hit a rough patch this fall.
From Barron's ● Dec. 16, 2025
Verse, the only Rams player to be voted to the Pro Bowl, outdistanced teammate Braden Fiske, Philadelphia Eagles defensive backs Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean and Miami Dolphins linebacker Chop Robinson for the award.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025
As performances outdistanced the date of composition with each passing year, opera began to resemble an attempt at historical preservation rather than a dynamic art form.
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2024
He was named on every ballot and easily outdistanced Ramsey.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
He had outdistanced his supply lines, left food and forage days behind with all his wagons and mules and oxen.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
"We're at 316 at noon, so we are outdistancing anything this particular precinct has ever seen."
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2024
The Boilermakers picked up three more first-place votes and had 49 of 63 from the national media panel, easily outdistancing second-place Kansas, which received five first-place nods.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 1, 2024
They received 45 of 63 first-place votes from the national media panel, easily outdistancing second-place Texas and third-place Virginia.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2022
But it powered through the preliminary round, pummeling China, outdistancing Canada and surviving Germany to emerge as an unlikely gold medal contender.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
They walked briskly, outdistancing loitering kids homeward bound from the junk shops.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
