surpassing
Example Sentences
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And while Pulisic, who is nursing a calf injury, was missed Friday, he wasn’t needed, with the U.S. outpossessing, outpassing and outshooting Australia by wide margins.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026
Although the U.S. dominated in time of possession, outshooting and outpassing Canada by wide margins in the first half, it failed to score in the opening 45 minutes for the eighth time in 10 qualifiers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2022
Tottenham dominated everywhere but on the scoresheet, outshooting, outpossessing and outpassing Liverpool.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2019
One can feel more of its power than the mind can define; for definitions are prose-forms of mind action, while poetry in its higher manifestations is pure emotion, outpassing prose limits.
From The World's Best Poetry, Volume 8 National Spirit by Carman, Bliss