outshine
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If a wedding invitation omits the dress code, one golden rule remains: Don’t outshine the bride.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Mr. Page and Ms. Faridany outshine most of their younger peers onstage in their fluent and lucid treatment of Shakespeare’s verse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Even typical supernovae can outshine entire galaxies for a time.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2026
City's attack is flowing, having scored 10 more goals than Arsenal, but having also conceded six more – you feel the title race could be defined by whether City's goals can outshine Arsenal's solidity.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
"But don't forget what the Governor can do. He makes all the light in our city! We could never outshine him in a hundred years!"
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
The Paris he gives us might as well be cradled in a snow globe, it’s so schematically perfect; similarly, Ms. Kelly’s smile, which outshines the City of Light.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
Kane outshines superstars Lionel Messi, Ronaldo and former Bayern forward Robert Lewandowski when it comes to goals scored at the start of a season.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2025
Unlike the Milky Way, J0107a is enormous, and actually outshines all other early-Universe monster galaxies: it produces stars at a rate 300 times that of our Milky Way!
From Space Scoop ● Jun. 5, 2025
In a special episode of Money Talks, Emily Peck chats with writer/director Chloe Domont, whose feminist thriller Fair Play explores what happens when an ambitious woman outshines her well-meaning but insecure partner.
From Slate ● Mar. 12, 2024
“Ah, this jewel outshines them all. Come, would you like to see it?”
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Over the course of 2025, demand for second-home mortgages rose 4.1% from the previous year, a jump that outshined a 1% increase in primary-home mortgages.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
The daily chart illustrates how GSK has outshined peers over the past year.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
By contrast, utilities outshined in the weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine, at one point trouncing the market by nearly 12 percentage points.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
Not to be outshined, Clancy's wavy potato chips are also getting the dill pickle treatment, but with the addition of creamy ranch to balance the cukes' signature tang.
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2023
Sponsored by Kagen, the resolution recognized the accomplishments of the 13 women who outshined and outperformed their male counterparts—but were never allowed to fly into space.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
Dell Technologies shares have outshone many of the artificial-intelligence buildout’s most talked-about stocks so far this year, and they are heading even higher on Thursday.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
But one skill of his outshone all the others: He could fire from anywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
We came here thinking we'd be celebrating the great Louis Bielle-Biarrey, who has now scored in nine straight Six Nations games and in 25 in his 26 Tests, but Steyn outshone him.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
Maxey, 25, who has frequently outshone his more established teammates this year, passed the 40-point mark for the fifth time this season, adding eight assists and four rebounds.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
Being continually outshone was an occupational hazard of being his friend and cannot have been any more pleasurable as a brother.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
"But what is special about MoM-BH*-1 is, the black hole star is essentially completely outshining its surrounding host galaxy, such that we're seeing pure black hole star light."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
Driscoll has been seen by Hegseth’s aides as outshining the Defense secretary on prominent policy initiatives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026
Consumer staples stocks have been enjoying their time in the sun this month, outshining tech for once as AI fears renewed investors’ search for safety.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
Metals prices have come a long way over the past 12 months, with silver outshining gold by a wide margin.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 24, 2026
Out on the kings- road, it had seemed to cover half the sky, outshining the crescent moon.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
