outmaneuver

When the Clippers landed Leonard in 2019, the NBA was stunned: In a matter of hours, the Clippers had traded for Paul George and signed Leonard, outmaneuvering the Lakers and other suitors.

There are no human protagonists needed to outmaneuver a deadly alien foe this time around.

Proponents argue this represents Democrats finally showing political fight after years of being outmaneuvered by Republicans who have consistently pushed democratic norms to their breaking point.

As complex rule-based, strategy games, chess and Go have often been used to assess a model's ability to learn how to best achieve a certain outcome - in this case, outmaneuvering opponents to win.

Instead, Trump and his forces consistently outmaneuvered and outsmarted the Democrats.