outplay
Example Sentences
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We walked off in front of 85,000 people knowing we had been thoroughly outplayed.
From BBC
“Netanyahu continues to believe the he can outplay Biden on the home front because of the political support that he and Israel enjoy in the U.S.”
From Washington Post
Kuemper stopped 36 shots, but was outplayed by DeSmith as Washington’s hopes of making a late push for a playoff berth took a serious hit.
From Washington Times
The past week, the Kraken played well in beating San Jose, then lost a tight game to Edmonton in which they largely outplayed the Oilers and might have prevailed with better goaltending.
From Seattle Times
“They outplayed us in the second half,” Northwestern Coach Chris Collins said.
From Washington Post
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