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It could have been worse for Mayo, who breathed a sigh of relief when Sean O'Brien shot wide after receiving a Sean O'Shea fist pass and turning sharply to outfox his marker Bob Tuohy.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

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

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

It was impossible to outfox her at this game.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

Following a $1-billion-grossing, Oscar-winning smash could have left writer and director Jared Bush and director Byron Howard feeling like rabbits in the headlights, but they seem to have outfoxed the challenge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

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

I pushed the first tape into the VCR and sat beside him, searching his warped face, listening to his soft whimpers, while on the screen Alice Kramden outfoxed her husband again and again.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

It screamed watershed moment, the forever luckless Clippers outfoxing the eternally exalted Lakers for the services of not one, but two superstars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025

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

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

From The Guardian ● Nov. 16, 2017