outwit

At the Candidates, one opponent tried to lead Sindarov away from the common lines that grandmasters tend to study, hoping that he could outwit the 20-year-old in a battle of instinct and intellect, not memorization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

Watch as the fluid camerawork makes her kills look nastier, and the preposterous script allows her to outwit her foes, even with the cards stacked against her at every turn.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026

But they are increasingly facing a crafty adversary: bacteria that mutate and adapt and outwit the very drugs designed to defeat them and cure the infections they cause.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2024

In 2000, millions tuned in to watch Richard Hatch outwit, outplay, and outlast his teammates and competitors to become the first Survivor.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2024

Despite my swaggering confidence, I wasn't able to outwit it.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

He shot to fame in a popular television series “Servant of the People” in which he played an honest school teacher who is elected president and outwits crooked lawmakers and shadowy businessmen.

From Reuters ● Feb. 24, 2022

The much-loved story tells the tale of wily Mr Fox, who outwits farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2021

Like “Figaro,” “La Scuola” is a lyrical comedy involving jealous lovers of various classes, including a countess who outwits her philandering count.

From The New Yorker ● May 27, 2019

The Doctor outwits enemies and is dedicated to maintaining cosmic equilibrium.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2018

She turned her head to look at Ash and added, “She even outwits the Fairy Queen.”

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

For many, today's hardships only serve to highlight the absence of a leader who died a decade ago and is still seen as the wiley strategist who outwitted his American foes.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

Peter Pomerantsev’s “How to Win an Information War” tells the story of Sefton Delmer, “the propagandist who outwitted Hitler.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Wayne Rooney suffered a second consecutive defeat as Birmingham City's new manager as his Blues side were outwitted by his good friend Liam Rosenior's Hull City.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2023

Early cancer vaccine research faltered as cancer outwitted and outlasted patients’ weak immune systems, said Olja Finn, a vaccine researcher at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 26, 2023

“Granny is the best there is. She has outwitted Marsha Jean every single time.”

From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo

Blackburn were eager not to become a plotline in future 'Welcome to Wrexham' episodes and quickly took control of the game, outwitting their opponents with slick passing and sharp movement to create several chances.

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2024

Bletchley Park’s most famous feat was outwitting Germany’s Enigma encryption machine, which produced a constantly changing cipher and was widely considered unbreakable.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2023

The outwitting, outplaying and outlasting will continue until morale improves in a new season of “Survivor.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2022

He’d thought himself capable of outwitting Toni Morrison, an African American woman who’d won the Nobel Prize in Literature, in a debate about Blackness and its profound creative relevance.

From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2022

But I felt confident of outwitting any bee.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright