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outfox

[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

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

No one has to suppress a shudder of fear when he enters the room or worry that this guy is going to somehow outfox them.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2024

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

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




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