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However, even the Defense Department’s calisthenics-addled secretary has managed to outdo himself.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

"It's clear just how passionate Messi still is for football and you can tell it's in his DNA to always be a competitor, and to try and outdo himself more than anyone else," Giroud says.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

If anything, Jones felt trying to outdo that soundtrack would have been a losing battle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026

They conclude that it signals toughness—and vow to outdo him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

I also noticed that everything Elizabeth does, Jessica tries to outdo.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper

Just when you think Timothée Chalamet can't surprise audiences anymore on his absurd "A Complete Unknown" press tour, he outdoes himself.

From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2025

The result is a series that, in quality and viewership, outdoes many TV and streaming programs.

From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2024

Her voice is a silky smooth dream and she outdoes herself vocally many times throughout the concert.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

And the plagiarism that these AI algorithms partake in is so subtle that it outdoes plagiarism in the ordinary sense: it takes other people’s work and synthesizes sources in ways typically untraceable.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 28, 2023

In one, however, as in the other, the attraction of matter completely outdoes the purely literary attraction.

From A History of Elizabethan Literature by George Saintsbury

He said at that time that a sandwich intended to compete with Popeye’s was in the works, with “a very large hand-breaded chicken breast” that he suggested outdid rival sandwiches in size.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

Sax outdid himself by also designing a trumpet with 13 bells; this instrument, later built by his son Adolphe-Édouard, resembles a brass Hydra.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

This year, Schmitt, a sitting senator, outdid them both.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2025

Abel texted Nathan, “You really outdid yourself with this piece.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2024

Lunelle created me a hat that outdid every other hat she’d ever made, including June’s wedding hat.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

Not wanting to be outdone by the other, Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Harry Kane and Erling Haaland all came out of the blocks firing in their respective nations' opening fixtures.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

Mind you, this Scottish squad, led by Scott McTominay of Napoli, have outdone themselves to get this far.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

Not to be outdone, Mayor Brandon Johnson gave a master class in deflection when asked if he would apologize to Gorman’s parents for her death.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

Over the last year it has been outdone only by rival Sandisk among large-cap stocks.

From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026

She really had outdone herself, and she had never, she realized now, given herself the proper admiration that was her due.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

India landed successfully on the moon, outdoing Russia, which crashed.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

That makes India a key market for planemakers, especially Airbus which has bagged the bulk of new orders, outdoing U.S. rival Boeing, and engine manufacturers whose wares will be put to test.

From Reuters ● Jun. 20, 2023

"We're always going to be outdoing ourselves," says Renée.

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2023

“It seems like Elon Musk is sort of outdoing himself in a sense that is rather unfortunate,” Reid Ross said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2022

This was a wickedness far outdoing Snowball’s destruction of the windmill.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell