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out

[aut] / aʊt /


ADVERB
outside, outdoors
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Mr. Sparklepants and 29 flamingo friends rode out Isaias in the bathroom.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Already within field-goal range in the final minute, they threw the ball on both first and second downs, resulting in an incompletion and a receiver running out of bounds—stopping the clock for Jacksonville each time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

The UT Austin team wanted to understand how these relationships played out under ordinary living conditions, where exercise habits, sleep schedules, and daily activities can vary considerably.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

“It forced her to immediately reach out to the surrounding community … and to try to build some relationships.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Sitting up, Caesar’s legs dangle out the back of the wagon.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

They discuss the ins and outs of government debt, the idea of state bankruptcy, and what lessons can be learned for future legislation.

From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2026

The Dodgers lost Game 2 after Snell exited with two outs in the fourth inning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

Glasnow didn’t have another runner get past first until the fifth when, when he issued his second walk of the inning with two outs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

The petition confirms reports from earlier this year that the actors were on the outs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Bases are loaded, but there are two outs, and Cala just threw a strike.

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone

Scottish lawyer Fiona Harvey outed herself as the inspiration for the show's obsessive stalker, suing Netflix for defamation and negligence for billing it as "a true story".

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

Isaiah Hodgson was outed as a Border Patrol agent last June after he was filmed, unmasked, taking part in the conroversial arrest of Adrian Martinez, a U.S. citizen accused of interfering with immigration enforcement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026

But he did give a quote to the Washington Post and basically outed himself as the original source.

From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2025

The U.S. discovered that in 2003, when a team of almost two dozen agents who had abducted an Egyptian cleric in Italy for secret interrogation was outed by analysis of their local cellphone records.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

We’ve outed a traitor, reestablished our claim on Fifth Harbor, and I don’t have a scratch on me.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

But you do have to see the show to understand why this outing is so strongly favored.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

Quickly we learned that our corner of the neighborhood was known as Franklin Hills, and that just about every eastward outing would take us across a funny little bridge with eight pointy turrets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Starters this decade have averaged less than 4 ⅔ innings and about 74 pitches per game in the postseason, an outing that would have embarrassed their predecessors from generations ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Because Snell left his previous start with tightness in his left groin, the Dodgers planned for a short outing Saturday, prioritizing his health for the postseason.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

For a moment neither one speaks, stunned by the outing of their dirty secret.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson




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