outmaneuver

Example Sentences

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Iranian negotiators for years have used pressure tactics and last-minute changes of venue and topic to try to outmaneuver their counterparts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

Instead, they must be creative, they must surprise their opponents, and they must outmaneuver them with the internet and social media.

From Seattle Times • May 29, 2024

By deploying thousands of autonomous UAVs, USVs, UUVs and UGVs, she suggested, the U.S. military would be able to outwit, outmaneuver, and overpower China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army.

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2024

Some people still thought they were smart enough to outmaneuver the Nazis, that they could navigate through the maze and survive the war.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson