outsmarting
Example Sentences
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Museums spent the past few years sinking resources into outsmarting climate-change activists who sloshed tomato soup, cake icing and other foodstuffs all over iconic masterpieces to get attention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
Rare hyena behaviours have been caught on camera, including a mother-to-be trying to steal food from wild dogs and outsmarting rivals by hiding a stolen carcass underwater to mask its scent.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2025
"Dumb Money" depicts working class people outsmarting some of the richest financial minds and companies in the country.
From Salon ● Dec. 1, 2023
If Reggio is a con artist, he seems to be outsmarting mortality itself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
It's not just having the arrows or outsmarting the Careers a few times, although those things help.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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