outfox
Example Sentences
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The Na’vi strategy—Viet Cong-like—is to outfox them with their low-tech, nature-friendly, home-field-advantage energy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
But at the other end of the spectrum are "the strategies of resistance that teens deploy to outfox their parents", she points out.
From BBC • May 7, 2024
The protesters’ coordinated responses seek to outfox law enforcement.
From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2022
Those Fairfax-Westchester games produced sold-out gyms, great player matchups and memorable endings as each tried to outfox the other.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2022
It was impossible to outfox her at this game.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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