outrace
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The National Trust said earlier this month that the administration was "working around the clock in an attempt to outrace judicial review."
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Cornell researchers combined soft microactuators with high-energy-density chemical fuel to create an insect-scale quadrupedal robot that is powered by combustion and can outrace, outlift, outflex and outleap its electric-driven competitors.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2023
They'll leave parties early, desperate to outrace the clock and get a kid to their own bed in time.
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2023
“Top Gun: Maverick” is hoping to show that, when done well, big Bruckheimer-styled blockbusters can still outrace anything else in theaters, or at home.
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2022
This expressly decreed that nothing could outrace the speed of light and yet here were physicists insisting that, somehow, at the subatomic level, information could.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
With just over six minutes left, Chambliss took a snap, sprinted left and outraced an LSU cornerback on a 14-yard dash to the corner of the end zone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Out-qualified and outraced by team-mate Ocon during a painful weekend for Haas.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Vaughn dove, gloved the ball and narrowly outraced Bauers to the bag to preserve a 2-0 Chicago lead.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
He outraced everyone to a clearing pass by teammate Jake Middleton, deked Vasilevskiy and scored his 17th goal of the season.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
Swift as a deer he outraced them, Quiet as a fox he ran, He thumbed his nose as they blundered, He laughed to beat the band.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
He began experimenting with a sewing machine and, in 1846, introduced a foot-powered model that could sew 250 stitches a minute, outracing the fastest human hands by a factor of five.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
But in certain situations -- outracing or outmaneuvering a predator, for example -- the ratios of those periods change drastically.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2023
That is, there are few sights more cinematic than a human being outracing danger and even death onscreen — it’s the ultimate wish fulfillment!
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
While outracing furious Titans defenders, Herbert connected on an impossible laser down the right sidelined to a leaping Williams for 35 yards to set up the field goal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2022
We can keep out of his way," said the colonel, "but, next thing to outracing Great Bear, I want to get a sight of Tetzcatl.
From The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo by William O. Stoddard
