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outfox

[out-foks] / ˌaʊtˈfɒks /


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National-security hawks argued they had to be withheld to stifle China’s development of military weaponry and, perhaps one day, advanced AI systems that outfox humans.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 9, 2025

But at the other end of the spectrum are "the strategies of resistance that teens deploy to outfox their parents", she points out.

From BBC May 7, 2024

No one has to suppress a shudder of fear when he enters the room or worry that this guy is going to somehow outfox them.

From New York Times Mar. 26, 2024

Can Lue show he can again outfox opposing coaches with his lineup choices and in-game adjustments?

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 2, 2023

“She may be a fox, but she’ll never outfox me,” Cluny thought to himself.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Krychowiak’s dummy outfoxes Emre Can before he slips a pass to Gibbs, whose low cross catches Van Dijk out, the defender preoccupied by Robson-Kanu.

From The Guardian Jan. 27, 2018

Murray wasn’t best pleased at the time taken to appeal but he outfoxes Tomic with a drop shot for 30-0 anyway.

From The Guardian Sep. 20, 2015

Much of Meany's consistent success is due to his own stubborn endurance; he outplots, outfoxes and above all outlasts his opponents.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the rodent soon outfoxes the patient by employing a bit of orthodontia.

From Time Magazine Archive

In which a wise man from Philadelphia goes to Paris and outfoxes spies of two nations.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

While ill, they have to beg doctors to believe them and somehow assemble their own care team to try to help them live with a disease that has so far outfoxed the best minds worldwide.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

Look what he accomplished; look how he outfoxed and defeated every opponent.

From Salon Nov. 16, 2025

So was my father’s, a sly teacher of life lessons to the end, who outfoxed me one final time.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 8, 2025

Nick Nurse, the former Raptors coach who outfoxed Budenholzer en route to the 2019 title, happens to be a free agent.

From Washington Post Apr. 27, 2023

He might have outfoxed the Owner for the moment, but that greasy-haired fool with his book was making Toby nervous.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff

Recurring themes are everywhere - Daizen Maeda skinning James Tavernier, Kyogo Furuhashi outfoxing Rangers defenders at one end and Cameron Carter-Vickers bringing authority at the other.

From BBC Dec. 14, 2024

“Red foxes are colonizing the Arctic, and they’re outfoxing the Arctic foxes,” he says.

From Scientific American Jan. 25, 2023

But outfoxing competition from the private sector has proven elusive, particularly in cybersecurity jobs, even though the military offers tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses for such billets.

From Washington Post Sep. 21, 2022

Fittipaldi takes the lead on Lap 185 and holds on, outfoxing Formula One champion Nigel Mansell, who hesitates on a restart, and by the time he reacts Fittipaldi is by him.

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2020

Coach Danny Bergara tried swapping players’ numbers in a tactical move, outfoxing only himself.

From The Guardian Nov. 16, 2017




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