as in to outrun
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Recent Examples of outrace
Brindle, a 30-year-old father of three, ran but could not outrace the falling dirt.
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Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2024
The 787 was a mega-hit that was outracing its top competitor, the Airbus A380.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2024
With 1:17 left, his Nuggets down 95-92, Gordon outraced Austin Reaves to snare a loose ball at the baseline, turning chaos into poetry.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2024
Or Lempicka, in her imagined Bugatti, might still be outracing us.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
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Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2024
The 787 was a mega-hit that was outracing its top competitor, the Airbus A380.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2024
With 1:17 left, his Nuggets down 95-92, Gordon outraced Austin Reaves to snare a loose ball at the baseline, turning chaos into poetry.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2024
Or Lempicka, in her imagined Bugatti, might still be outracing us.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outrace
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In the world of real estate, a building often goes to the highest bidder in a world of survival of the fittest, but things change when a coveted house might hold some dark secrets that its sellers want to outrun.Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
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The ad seized on a series of horrifying, real life stories of pregnant women left to bleed out in parking lots, drive to multiple states to outrun sepsis, and die in a hospital surrounded by medical professionals.Christen Hammock Jones / Made by History, TIME, 9 Dec. 2024
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See the full list of names released Thursday Biden outpacing predecessors in commutations, but not pardons With the latest clemency moves, the White House said Biden has now issued more sentence commutations than any of his predecessors at the same point in their terms.Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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While the firm has a 2025 year-end price target of 6,600 for the S & P 500 , implying upside of 9% from Tuesday’s close, Johnson expects the small-cap Russell will outpace that clip.Brian Evans, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
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Burger King and McDonald’s have been sparring for decades, each trying to one-up the other with cheeky ads and sly digs.Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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On the very first play of the fourth quarter, Tamale one-upped himself to the tune of a 73-yard rushing touchdown, his third score of the night — 33-22, McClymonds.Justice delos Santos, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
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With time, the cheese got bigger and bigger, with each monger trying to outdo the other.Liz McNeil, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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Though Hip-Hop is often viewed as a sport, some artists focus more on outdoing themselves than outperforming their peers.Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 18 Nov. 2024
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The dual-motor setup with the jumbo battery pack also delivers the longest range of any Rivian model, venturing 420 miles on a single charge and outdistancing its SUV counterpart, the 2025 R1S Dual Max, by ten miles.Peter Douglas, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
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The disparity in high-danger chances (99 allowed, 52 generated) outdistances any other player.Eric Stephens, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Outrace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outrace. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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