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

Liz is a compelling creation, at once smart, sassy and wily, and there is fun to be had watching her slickly outwit credulous individuals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025

A few months later, she was sent off for Land Girl training, where Ron visited her and sent her coded letters in an attempt to outwit her mother.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2024

If bribery wasn’t an option, she’d have to outwit him.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

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 ● Jun. 1, 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

Since 2009, Mr. Netanyahu has consistently outwitted them, governing for all but one year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025

Ghost Army outwitted the Germans using inflatable tanks, radio trickery, costumes and impersonations.

From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024

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

One clever man had just outwitted the manhunters.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

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

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

Its rags-to-riches plot about an adorable, eternally optimistic orphan who melts the frozen heart of a billionaire while outwitting her orphanage's scheming, resentful matron marries the Cinderella tale with the ethos of American striving.

From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2021

She was much sweeter when she thought she was outwitting him.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin