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outflank

[out-flangk] / ˌaʊtˈflæŋk /


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That technology can outflank China on cost and environmental performance.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

The US gains allies in its quest to outflank the Chinese in the field of AI and compute - the Gulf nations get a powerful partner in their search for a replacement for oil revenues.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2025

I watched red leaf monkeys and macaques scampering to outflank one another in the canopy.

From National Geographic Jan. 23, 2024

“It’s sound, you’re not going to outflank them or out-scheme them.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 26, 2021

Our arrival was not unseasonable, we issuing forth to the side of the conflict, so we might outflank the enemy.

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




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