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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

Arteta said the two had even taken their competitive spirit to trying to outdo each other in the gym, but were great friends off the pitch.

From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026

“We’re all working towards those goals. ... I very much appreciate our athletes really wanting to outdo themselves, outdo each other but with respect and at the highest level possible.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026

Basil was determined to outdo the bigger paper by the use of adjectives alone, if necessary.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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

He outdoes even the "pillar" Quakers, his contemporaries in later life, in his proclamation of a Divine Root and Seed in the soul of man.

From Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries by Rufus Matthew Jones

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

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

Glastonbury loves a surprise set, and this year they outdid themselves.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2025

Pop Pop breaks it by saying, “Let’s dig in. Nessy sho’ outdid herself.”

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

They were matched and even outdone by Mr. Colaneri’s bombastic conducting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

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

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

Mark Antony may have spared no expense, but Cleopatra could not be outdone.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby

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

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

But you can "destroy" a competitor by outdoing him; economists call that competition.

From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2020

The house-elves down in the kitchen were outdoing themselves with a series of rich, warming stews and savory puddings, and only Fleur Delacour seemed to be able to find anything to complain about.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling