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outrace

[out-reys] / ˌaʊtˈreɪs /


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He danced and juked, dodged and eluded tacklers, using his instincts to find open space that allowed him to use his speed to outrace the defense into the end zone.

From Seattle Times Apr. 11, 2024

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

At the urging of Frances’s mother, who was fearful that they would be captured with such a defiant marionette as they tried to outrace the Nazis, they buried the puppet in their backyard.

From New York Times Jul. 13, 2022

I’ve got to get ahead of Jay, outrace the current.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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

He outraced everyone to a clearing pass by teammate Jake Middleton, deked Vasilevskiy and scored his 17th goal of the season.

From Seattle Times Jan. 24, 2023

Ford cut back across the field from the 20 and outraced his defender to the end zone to make it 7-7 early in the second quarter.

From Seattle Times Dec. 17, 2022

Mu received a rare challenge from Ajee’ Wilson, whose American record she seized in Tokyo, at the U.S. championships but outraced her over the final 20 meters.

From Washington Post Jul. 25, 2022

He loped across the grass, easily outraced them all, and gobbled the ball up, sweeping it into his jaws with that huge tongue.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers

Put it this way: At least seven James Bond movies feature 007 outracing baddies on the slopes.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 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

Last time here, Dixon overcame a poor effort in qualifying along with damage to his car and a crash-fest on the Nashville streets before outracing fellow New Zealander Scott McLaughlin to the finish line.

From Seattle Times Aug. 4, 2023

Up they went, each outracing the other, straining every nerve and muscle to gain the summit of the hill, to be first to handle the prize!

From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 by Creswicke, Louis




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