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And the airlines have gone to great lengths to outdo each other, inking deals with high-end fashion and beauty retailers: Turkish Airlines and Lanvin, Delta and Missoni, Saudia and Elie Saab.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

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

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

That in itself was a gift for Fifa, with the world's most recognisable players all showing up and trying to outdo each other.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 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

They would outdo each other, leaping in on me, hammering at Mr. Muhammad, at me, and at the Nation of Islam.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

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

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

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2023

He is blind to the depression that marks Mona and Geoffrey for its own, and quite outdoes himself in geniality and all-round amiability.

From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess

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

If this Coachella performance proves anything, it’s that they’ve gone and outdid themselves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

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

Louie outdid them all, regaining all the weight that he’d lost in New York, and then some.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand

Not to be outdone, Ohtani led off the fifth inning with a single, but the Dodgers failed to score.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

It was outdone just this week when someone paid $50 million for a Gus the T-Rex.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

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

Not to be outdone was the University of Michigan, which reportedly External link invested $20 million in OpenAI, now worth $2 billion.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

“Chef Philippe has truly outdone himself today, don’t you agree?”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

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

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2023

Walmart's Mexico unit on Tuesday said its second-quarter net profit rose 11.55% from the year-earlier period, citing "sustainable growth" across all regions and outdoing analyst expectations at a time of swelling inflation.

From Reuters ● Jul. 26, 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 you can "destroy" a competitor by outdoing him; economists call that competition.

From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2020

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

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