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outrace

[aut-rays] / ˌaʊtˈreɪs /


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The National Trust said earlier this month that the administration was "working around the clock in an attempt to outrace judicial review."

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

Betting on James is betting that he will continue to outrace the aging process.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2023

Cornell researchers combined soft microactuators with high-energy-density chemical fuel to create an insect-scale quadrupedal robot that is powered by combustion and can outrace, outlift, outflex and outleap its electric-driven competitors.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2023

They'll leave parties early, desperate to outrace the clock and get a kid to their own bed in time.

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2023

This expressly decreed that nothing could outrace the speed of light and yet here were physicists insisting that, somehow, at the subatomic level, information could.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

With just over six minutes left, Chambliss took a snap, sprinted left and outraced an LSU cornerback on a 14-yard dash to the corner of the end zone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Out-qualified and outraced by team-mate Ocon during a painful weekend for Haas.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

Giménez, 22-year-old Feyenoord forward, dribbled past Harold Cummings and outraced Cummings and Fidel Escobar into the penalty area.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2023

Giménez, the 22-year-old Feyenoord forward, dribbled past Harold Cummings and outraced Cummings and Fidel Escobar into the penalty area.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 16, 2023

Swift as a deer he outraced them, Quiet as a fox he ran, He thumbed his nose as they blundered, He laughed to beat the band.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

He began experimenting with a sewing machine and, in 1846, introduced a foot-powered model that could sew 250 stitches a minute, outracing the fastest human hands by a factor of five.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

But in certain situations -- outracing or outmaneuvering a predator, for example -- the ratios of those periods change drastically.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2023

This is about chasing a title while LeBron James still is outracing time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2023

That is, there are few sights more cinematic than a human being outracing danger and even death onscreen — it’s the ultimate wish fulfillment!

From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2023

We can keep out of his way," said the colonel, "but, next thing to outracing Great Bear, I want to get a sight of Tetzcatl.

From The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo by William O. Stoddard




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