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outfox

[out-foks] / ˌaʊtˈfɒks /


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There is a way that these repetitive movements can ward off calamities, outfox deterioration, at least to a point.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2025

Earlier, world number 86 Maria used her slice-heavy style of play to outfox 11th-ranked Rybakina.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2025

But he raised the possibility for the first time that jail might be the only way to ensure Bankman-Fried won’t outfox the government with ways to use electronic devices in ways that can’t be tracked.

From Seattle Times Feb. 16, 2023

The protesters’ coordinated responses seek to outfox law enforcement.

From New York Times Feb. 15, 2022

The only way to outfox Hangman is to think one sentence ahead, and if you see a stammer-word coming up, alter your sentence so you won't need to use it.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Krychowiak’s dummy outfoxes Emre Can before he slips a pass to Gibbs, whose low cross catches Van Dijk out, the defender preoccupied by Robson-Kanu.

From The Guardian Jan. 27, 2018

Murray wasn’t best pleased at the time taken to appeal but he outfoxes Tomic with a drop shot for 30-0 anyway.

From The Guardian Sep. 20, 2015

But the rodent soon outfoxes the patient by employing a bit of orthodontia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Much of Meany's consistent success is due to his own stubborn endurance; he outplots, outfoxes and above all outlasts his opponents.

From Time Magazine Archive

In which a wise man from Philadelphia goes to Paris and outfoxes spies of two nations.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

Following a $1-billion-grossing, Oscar-winning smash could have left writer and director Jared Bush and director Byron Howard feeling like rabbits in the headlights, but they seem to have outfoxed the challenge.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 23, 2025

Look what he accomplished; look how he outfoxed and defeated every opponent.

From Salon Nov. 16, 2025

So was my father’s, a sly teacher of life lessons to the end, who outfoxed me one final time.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 8, 2025

The Wallabies’ deft offloading, like the All Blacks seven days earlier, outfoxed England out wide as men were missed and passing channels left open.

From BBC Nov. 15, 2024

"And she's very clever, Peeta. Well, she was. Until you outfoxed her."

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

Recurring themes are everywhere - Daizen Maeda skinning James Tavernier, Kyogo Furuhashi outfoxing Rangers defenders at one end and Cameron Carter-Vickers bringing authority at the other.

From BBC Dec. 14, 2024

“Red foxes are colonizing the Arctic, and they’re outfoxing the Arctic foxes,” he says.

From Scientific American Jan. 25, 2023

Fittipaldi takes the lead on Lap 185 and holds on, outfoxing Formula One champion Nigel Mansell, who hesitates on a restart, and by the time he reacts Fittipaldi is by him.

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2020

But maybe he can keep outfoxing his own mind.

From Washington Post Jan. 3, 2019

GMT14:51 19 mins: 19-year-old midfielder Danilo gives Busquets the eyes, before outfoxing him with a shimmy that delights the Mestalla.

From The Guardian Dec. 5, 2015




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