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[out-foks] / ˌaʊtˈfɒks /


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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

China has also added more road- and rail-mobile missile launchers to try to outfox American satellites and other detection technology.

From New York Times Feb. 4, 2024

Can Lue show he can again outfox opposing coaches with his lineup choices and in-game adjustments?

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 2, 2023

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

It was impossible to outfox her at this game.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

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

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

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

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

Anthony Gordon, in particular, spearheaded their attacking play with a guile and flair as he frequently outfoxed the Villa defence with his movement and tricky.

From BBC Jan. 30, 2024

Fern knew when she was being outfoxed and wouldn’t stand for it.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia

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

After outfoxing several prominent Democrats in the March Senate primary, Republican Steve Garvey has been very quiet.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2024

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

From Scientific American Jan. 25, 2023

But outfoxing competition from the private sector has proven elusive, particularly in cybersecurity jobs, even though the military offers tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses for such billets.

From Washington Post Sep. 21, 2022

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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