outflank

Example Sentences

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A week later he outflanked the British in the middle of the night to destroy the enemy’s rear-guard brigade at nearby Princeton.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

This is important, because Ben Sulayem was outflanked by the manufacturers when he last tried switching to a naturally aspirated engine, a V10, a little over a year ago.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Once Gamelin duly sent his best units north, they were outflanked and ensnared.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2024

“You a linebacker on a free-release back and you get outflanked sometimes.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 1, 2023

I trembled as I tore a cartridge with my teeth; but our antagonist and his friends, outnumbered and outflanked, were beating a retreat, ducked low, into an alley.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson