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However, even the Defense Department’s calisthenics-addled secretary has managed to outdo himself.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

"It's clear just how passionate Messi still is for football and you can tell it's in his DNA to always be a competitor, and to try and outdo himself more than anyone else," Giroud says.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

CEO transitions not linked to activists saw the companies’ stocks outdo the S&P 500 by 2.5% the first year and 4% after two years.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

“We’re all working towards those goals. ... I very much appreciate our athletes really wanting to outdo themselves, outdo each other but with respect and at the highest level possible.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026

They don’t say nothing about the fact that I’m a math whiz, and can outdo ninth graders when it comes to figuring numbers.

From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake

Just when you think Timothée Chalamet can't surprise audiences anymore on his absurd "A Complete Unknown" press tour, he outdoes himself.

From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2025

"Considering that Fernando, he has done a very good job, like he normally does. He is a little special in that respect and outdoes a little bit the potential of the cars."

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2024

And the plagiarism that these AI algorithms partake in is so subtle that it outdoes plagiarism in the ordinary sense: it takes other people’s work and synthesizes sources in ways typically untraceable.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 28, 2023

But somehow it outdoes everything that has come before with its mix of technical proficiency, emotional stakes and Looney Tunes-style tumbles.

From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2023

"Perhaps they've got a special brand of owl down along here, that outdoes all its species in whooping things up," laughed Jack.

From Motor Boat Boys Down the Coast or Through Storm and Stress to Florida by Louis Arundel

He said at that time that a sandwich intended to compete with Popeye’s was in the works, with “a very large hand-breaded chicken breast” that he suggested outdid rival sandwiches in size.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

Sax outdid himself by also designing a trumpet with 13 bells; this instrument, later built by his son Adolphe-Édouard, resembles a brass Hydra.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

The youngest competitor at the world's biggest dog show is celebrating after an impressive performance that outdid her own mother.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026

This year, Schmitt, a sitting senator, outdid them both.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2025

Lunelle created me a hat that outdid every other hat she’d ever made, including June’s wedding hat.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

Not to be outdone, Claude chatbot and coding assistant maker Anthropic filed its confidential IPO plans with regulators Monday, setting up a likely $70 billion capital raising with a valuation approaching $1 trillion.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

Not to be outdone, Mayor Brandon Johnson gave a master class in deflection when asked if he would apologize to Gorman’s parents for her death.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

Littler was not to be outdone, though, and duly nailed a 170 finish of his own as he fought back to force a final-leg decider, following two missed match darts by the three-time world champion.

From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026

Not to be outdone by the album’s soaring musical ambience, Styles’ lyrics never disappoint, blending his penchant for witticism with pop-culture philosophy.

From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026

She really had outdone herself, and she had never, she realized now, given herself the proper admiration that was her due.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

But the “Tron: Ares” soundtrack, composed under the moniker of Reznor and Ross’ band, Nine Inch Nails, achieves the unconventional feat of outdoing the movie instead of merely accompanying it.

From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2025

That makes India a key market for planemakers, especially Airbus which has bagged the bulk of new orders, outdoing U.S. rival Boeing, and engine manufacturers whose wares will be put to test.

From Reuters ● Jun. 20, 2023

"We're always going to be outdoing ourselves," says Renée.

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2023

“It seems like Elon Musk is sort of outdoing himself in a sense that is rather unfortunate,” Reid Ross said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2022

But nothing compared to the cries that now emanated from the triplets, each outdoing the other.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord