outrun
Example Sentences
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The boat crews try to slip past or outrun whatever Colombia and the U.S. put in front of them: coastal patrol boats to frigates and helicopters farther out.
To outrun tariffs, though, it is standing still.
When policy signals outrun operational reality, markets and voters eventually force a correction.
From Barron's
For all his brilliance, Oedipus was unable to outrun his fate, which in Icke’s version has less to do with the gods and more to do with animal instincts and social forces.
From Los Angeles Times
He doesn’t like the fact that she can outrun him.
From Los Angeles Times
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