outrun
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GDP has continued to outrun expectations despite persistently elevated energy costs following the outbreak of war in the Middle East, with growth over the second quarter outpacing the U.S. on an annualized basis at 1.7%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Lethal surges of mud and water that hit "like liquid concrete" are nearly impossible to predict and can't be outrun.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Mazza said that Nvidia’s $4 billion combined investment into two of its optical suppliers, Coherent and Lumentum, is direct evidence that demand has outrun supply.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
After spending the first season trying to outrun the consequences of losing his job, his marriage and his place among Westchester’s elite, time — and middle age — have finally caught up with him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Yet it did not occur to him now to try to escape, to outrun Voldemort.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
The effect is disorienting at first, as perception precedes interpretation and sensation outruns speech.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Engineers call this problem the "memory wall," where processing speed outruns the chip's ability to feed it data.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 24, 2025
Stock-market booms always end the same way: Optimism outruns reality, capital floods in — then prices correct.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 2, 2025
It’s a prime example of how food still outruns overall inflation in the European Union.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
My pulse outruns the seconds, each beat bringing me closer to capture.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Nine days in February that revealed how the most powerful technology in human history outran every institution built to contain it.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 13, 2026
Nike outran expectations in its latest quarterly report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025
Enten noted that no party outran the polls three election cycles in a row nationally or in key battleground states since 1972.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2024
“His ambition outran his ethics,” Mr. Koenig said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2024
Fleet-footed young men were always arriving to race with her and she always outran them.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
The rate of inflation crested above 4% in May to a three-year high, briefly outrunning the typical increase in workers’ wages.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Some see an economy at risk of overheating, with demand outrunning what the Fed’s current rate setting can restrain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
"In a market that has grown used to asking whether AI expectations have become too inflated, Micron's answer was blunt: demand is not fading; it is outrunning supply," said SPI Asset Management's Stephen Innes.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
For someone who spent years outrunning love, I was surprised to learn that when I stopped spiraling in my mind, I could finally trust what my body already knew.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
He escaped them and ran northward over the land towards the Ice, outrunning all who pursued him.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
