outwitting

Example Sentences

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The market they created was basically a bunch of guys trading stuff and trying to make money by outwitting each other in their private marketplace.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2025

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

It’s not that Reggie was an extraordinarily canny alligator, craftily outwitting his would-be captors.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2022

He took him into business and tried to inoculate him with the joys of buying and selling, of outwitting other men, of judging them for a bluff, of living by maneuver.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck