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Examples of outrun in a Sentence
The rabbit had no chance of outrunning the dogs.
His motorcycle could outrun any car on the road.
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Deion Sanders could outrun the football gods and dare them to keep pace.
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Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2024
But like all great players, Morgan couldn’t outrun time.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
Its track record is proven: ADX has outrun both the S&P 500 and the 60/40 portfolio in the last 17 years.
—Michael Foster, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
Rosen also may need to outrun Harris in swing-state Nevada, which President Biden won in 2020 by less than 3 percentage points.
—Stephen Neukam, Axios, 15 Aug. 2024
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Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2024
But like all great players, Morgan couldn’t outrun time.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
Its track record is proven: ADX has outrun both the S&P 500 and the 60/40 portfolio in the last 17 years.
—Michael Foster, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
Rosen also may need to outrun Harris in swing-state Nevada, which President Biden won in 2020 by less than 3 percentage points.
—Stephen Neukam, Axios, 15 Aug. 2024
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outrun
verb
out·run
(ˈ)au̇t-ˈrən 
outran
-ˈran
; outrun; outrunning
; outrun; outrunning
1
: to run or go faster than
2
: exceed sense 1
our needs outran our funds
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