outrun

Example Sentences

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Nine days in February that revealed how the most powerful technology in human history outran every institution built to contain it.

From MarketWatch

“By land, air or sea, our Armed Forces will find you and deliver justice. You will run out of fuel long before you will outrun us.”

From The Wall Street Journal

If there was a ghost—which common sense told her there wasn’t —a good pair of legs could probably outrun it.

From Literature

It was not the storm I was trying to outrun; it was Mr. Dowuona’s special welcome.

From Literature

They couldn’t outrun it, but perhaps they could hide.

From Literature