outrun

Example Sentences

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The Blues have won 42% of their matches despite being outrun in every game, a 17% increase on the league's average.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

"I think she thought she would outrun me," says Hutchcroft.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

The film's final sequence sees Bob desperately searching for his daughter as she tries to outrun Lockjaw in the desert.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

“By land, air or sea, our Armed Forces will find you and deliver justice. You will run out of fuel long before you will outrun us.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Somehow his younger brother, Vincenzo, had managed to outrun the deadly wave and survive.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler