outrun
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We don’t want to hear commencement speeches about how we cannot outrun AI domination because they trivialize the work we have done ourselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
But the teen, who was not identified, continued on, apparently under the impression he could outrun — or out ride — the motorcycle officer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
They don’t have to outrun the bear, they just have to be faster than whatever normie investor gets suckered into buying SpaceX when it enters the index without being properly seasoned.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
But the pace of technological change continues to outrun the education system’s ability to produce experienced professionals with current skills.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
We’re not going to outrun a marathon runner!
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
The author outruns the evidence when he claims the NFL was “designed for gambling.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Engineers call this problem the "memory wall," where processing speed outruns the chip's ability to feed it data.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 24, 2025
Stock-market booms always end the same way: Optimism outruns reality, capital floods in — then prices correct.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 2, 2025
It’s a prime example of how food still outruns overall inflation in the European Union.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
My pulse outruns the seconds, each beat bringing me closer to capture.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Nine days in February that revealed how the most powerful technology in human history outran every institution built to contain it.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 13, 2026
Nike outran expectations in its latest quarterly report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025
Enten noted that no party outran the polls three election cycles in a row nationally or in key battleground states since 1972.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2024
But purebreds won every year — until Saturday, when a border collie-papillion mix aptly named Nimble outran and outmaneuvered 50 other finalists to seize the trophy and plant a flag for blended-breed dogs everywhere.
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2024
It was the only time in our lives that Call outran me.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
The rate of inflation crested above 4% in May to a three-year high, briefly outrunning the typical increase in workers’ wages.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Some see an economy at risk of overheating, with demand outrunning what the Fed’s current rate setting can restrain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
"In a market that has grown used to asking whether AI expectations have become too inflated, Micron's answer was blunt: demand is not fading; it is outrunning supply," said SPI Asset Management's Stephen Innes.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
For someone who spent years outrunning love, I was surprised to learn that when I stopped spiraling in my mind, I could finally trust what my body already knew.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
It scudded across the moon, and with a deadly cry went away westward, outrunning the wind in its fell speed.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
