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"It's clear just how passionate Messi still is for football and you can tell it's in his DNA to always be a competitor, and to try and outdo himself more than anyone else," Giroud says.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

Hitchcock gave Herrmann the choice of writing a new cantata, but Herrmann realized that nothing could outdo “Storm Clouds.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

CEO transitions not linked to activists saw the companies’ stocks outdo the S&P 500 by 2.5% the first year and 4% after two years.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

Even in abnormal political times, competition can be healthy, spurring journalists to match or outdo rival outlets.

From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2026

She raises her finger high in the air, turning so that the whole audience can absorb that she is about to outdo the elephant once and for all.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Just when you think Timothée Chalamet can't surprise audiences anymore on his absurd "A Complete Unknown" press tour, he outdoes himself.

From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2025

"Considering that Fernando, he has done a very good job, like he normally does. He is a little special in that respect and outdoes a little bit the potential of the cars."

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2024

And the plagiarism that these AI algorithms partake in is so subtle that it outdoes plagiarism in the ordinary sense: it takes other people’s work and synthesizes sources in ways typically untraceable.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 28, 2023

But at nearly every turn, the GV70 subtly outdoes the RDX.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 2022

Cry-babies in feathers I thought I knew before, but the young woodpecker outdoes anything in my experience.

From Little Brothers of the Air by Miller, Olive Thorne

Adolf Hitler outdid Napoleon as history’s greatest art thief.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025

But he outdid himself at the Gaza summit in Egypt by telling Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni that she should stop smoking.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025

This year, Schmitt, a sitting senator, outdid them both.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2025

Glastonbury loves a surprise set, and this year they outdid themselves.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2025

But the Alexandrines outdid even my rosy expectations of hospitality and courtesy.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

It was outdone just this week when someone paid $50 million for a Gus the T-Rex.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Not wanting to be outdone by the other, Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Harry Kane and Erling Haaland all came out of the blocks firing in their respective nations' opening fixtures.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

Not to be outdone, Claude chatbot and coding assistant maker Anthropic filed its confidential IPO plans with regulators Monday, setting up a likely $70 billion capital raising with a valuation approaching $1 trillion.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

That figure, the total raised for three paintings, was outdone by John Oliver promoting the auction of one more during the 2025 finale of “Last Week Tonight.”

From Salon ● May 2, 2026

Their sister would not be outdone, of course.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

But the “Tron: Ares” soundtrack, composed under the moniker of Reznor and Ross’ band, Nine Inch Nails, achieves the unconventional feat of outdoing the movie instead of merely accompanying it.

From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2025

India landed successfully on the moon, outdoing Russia, which crashed.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

"We're always going to be outdoing ourselves," says Renée.

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2023

Walmart's Mexico unit on Tuesday said its second-quarter net profit rose 11.55% from the year-earlier period, citing "sustainable growth" across all regions and outdoing analyst expectations at a time of swelling inflation.

From Reuters ● Jul. 26, 2022

This was a wickedness far outdoing Snowball’s destruction of the windmill.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell