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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026

CEO transitions not linked to activists saw the companies’ stocks outdo the S&P 500 by 2.5% the first year and 4% after two years.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

Even in abnormal political times, competition can be healthy, spurring journalists to match or outdo rival outlets.

From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2026

I’m now the father of three grown children who are poised to outdo their parents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

The Rosenblum girls wailed like they were trying to outdo each other in volume, so I slipped out into the hall.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz

Hi Life opened in 2022 in that former auto shop you pass coming off the ferry, and the small space outdoes itself with an overwhelming menu and a super-happy vibe.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 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

The Hollywood Reporter said Chapter 4 "outdoes its formidable predecessors in nearly every respect".

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2023

As this country's second-biggest weapons contractor, only Lockheed Martin outdoes it in annual defense revenues.

From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2023

In tragic horror, it outdoes everything that one might, so far, have conceived.

From My Memoirs by Steinheil, Marguerite

There’s stiff competition for that position, to be sure, but he outdid himself with this dissent.

From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2026

Adolf Hitler outdid Napoleon as history’s greatest art thief.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025

But he outdid himself at the Gaza summit in Egypt by telling Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni that she should stop smoking.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025

His son, Danny Shayes, outdid Dad in career longevity, playing 18 years through 1999 for seven teams, including a short stint with the Lakers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025

And then she outdid herself, and outdid everyone in our part of the country.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Not to be outdone, Claude chatbot and coding assistant maker Anthropic filed its confidential IPO plans with regulators Monday, setting up a likely $70 billion capital raising with a valuation approaching $1 trillion.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

Littler was not to be outdone, though, and duly nailed a 170 finish of his own as he fought back to force a final-leg decider, following two missed match darts by the three-time world champion.

From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026

Not to be outdone, the Dodgers were one week into the season when Bill Plaschke posted a column with this headline: “Who says the Dodgers can’t go 162-0?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026

They were outdone by their U.S. teammates Jackie Wiles and Paula Moltzan, who snagged the bronze.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

Their sister would not be outdone, of course.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

But it is new territory for England to arrive with a group capable of matching - or even outdoing - the hosts for velocity.

From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2025

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

“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

CNN’s shot-filled celebration with Cohen and Anderson Cooper reached 3.3 million viewers between 11 p.m. and 12:30 a.m., outdoing Fox News Channel’s Nashville-based show, which had 2.1 million people watching.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2022

But nothing compared to the cries that now emanated from the triplets, each outdoing the other.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord