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Recent Examples of outflank
For Iran, Hezbollah was supposed to be the cornerstone of its strategy to outflank superior adversaries, such as Israel, with armed proxies.
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Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
For all the talk about Russia building its own sphere of influence, the country has been outflanked by NATO and the European Union in eastern Europe, and China is competing with it for influence in Central Asia.
—Stacie E. Goddard, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2022
Throughout the day, forces fought to gain hilltop advantages and outflank the enemy, with Union troops ultimately forcing the CSA army to retreat.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 22 July 2024
Roberts, outflanked on the right, now has even less sway.
—Ruth Marcus, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
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Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
For all the talk about Russia building its own sphere of influence, the country has been outflanked by NATO and the European Union in eastern Europe, and China is competing with it for influence in Central Asia.
—Stacie E. Goddard, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2022
Throughout the day, forces fought to gain hilltop advantages and outflank the enemy, with Union troops ultimately forcing the CSA army to retreat.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 22 July 2024
Roberts, outflanked on the right, now has even less sway.
—Ruth Marcus, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outflank
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Colt escapes by initially driving a speedboat while facing away from the controls, evades his pursuers by zigging and zagging through the river, and then purposefully drives his boat into a floating pontoon, faking his own death via the gigantic explosion.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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Now, however, DHS states that the previous rules hindered law enforcement efforts by creating sites where people without legal status could evade capture.—
Jackie Fortiér,
NPR,
25 Feb. 2025
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In a post on X, the NYPD asked people to avoid the area as the investigation proceeded.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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However, Thompson noted that some movement each day is necessary to avoid tiredness.—
Julianna Bragg,
CNN,
18 Feb. 2025
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Spencer’s 22 charges included crimes committed during a chaotic attempt to elude capture, officials say.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
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Raul Jimenez, a striker Nuno knows well from their time together at Wolverhampton Wanderers, also repeatedly managed to elude a three-man central defence including Murillo and Nikola Milenkovic.—
Paul Taylor,
The Athletic,
16 Feb. 2025
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His songs convey a profound restlessness—a yearning to escape and leave his past behind, reflecting an unease with his circumstances.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Seeking escape from an uneasy family life, Gene was entranced by the movies.—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2025
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While India has opted to pursue closer ties with the U.S., the rising South Asian power has also shunned military alliances and has committed to a diverse set of regional and global relationships, particularly its longstanding partnership with Russia.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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Curry shunned his usual concerns about pulling out his gesture too early.—
Marcus Thompson II,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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Best of the rest Joe Rogan’s show once eschewed politics.—
Andrew Ross Sorkin,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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With budget printing techniques, paperbacks allowed much of America to eschew hard covers for pocket-sized reading material one could, for the most part, take anywhere inconspicuously.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2025
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However, the partnership ended in early 2025, just weeks before this heist shook the crypto sphere.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025
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The inclusion of Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma in a meeting of private enterprise leaders chaired by China's President Xi Jinping this month, and photos of Ma shaking hands with Xi, has further raised investor confidence in Alibaba.—
Harshita Mary Varghese and Casey Hall,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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The legal battle gained further attention when, on February 7, a federal appeals court ruled on a procedural matter in the investigation, which had initially considered whether McMahon had circumvented WWE's internal controls to hide these allegations.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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Other countries under sanctions – Iran, North Korea, and Venezuela – have previously employed clandestine shipping networks to circumvent international scrutiny and sanctions.—
Dominique Soguel,
The Christian Science Monitor,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Outflank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outflank. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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