outwitted
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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
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
Just before Rometty became IBM’s first woman CEO, the company’s AI-powered computer Watson outwitted two of the most successful contestants in the history of the game show “Jeopardy!”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2023
Not even she herself knew that her fertility had outwitted the mustard vapors, just as Fernanda did not know until almost a year later, when they brought the child.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
