outsmart
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So Mestemaker spent his last high-school season playing defensive back, making it his mission to outsmart opposing quarterbacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
An A.I. that can refine its own code—what experts call recursive self-improvement—could also outsmart human efforts to control it.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
“This story may outlast me,” she wrote. “but it’s not going to outlast or outsmart that little girl.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
While working his way back home, he’s forced to outsmart a vicious beast at close quarters, and he takes up residence with a suitor.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Still holding my breath, I glanced over to the space suit and Hefty bag I'd used to outsmart the regulator.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
The Gruffalo, written by London-born children's author Julia Donaldson, tells the story of a mouse who outsmarts a beast.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
“Maybe that’s post-AGI, once we’ve achieved the mission,” he said, referring to the moment when AI outsmarts humans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
Like “Red Eye,” “Drop” is a brisk and breathtaking thriller where the woman outsmarts her persecutor at every turn, despite her past traumas.
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2025
Napoleon outsmarts the Austrian army in 1805 by luring fighters onto a snow-covered frozen lake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2024
But at least, Gennady concludes, unlike a farmer who raises animals only to slaughter them, the hunter’s relationship with the animal is “honest”: “Here, it’s about who outsmarts whom.”
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2013
It was nearly 30 years ago when chess helped mankind properly understand that it was being outsmarted by machines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Outflanked by cruel and fickle gods at every turn, legendary Greek hero Odysseus outsmarted a one-eyed giant, suffered through the bewitching Sirens’ song and braved the Underworld’s dead denizens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
It’s a macroeconomic version of the pain described by the Moneyist reader, and others like him, who believe that they are being outsmarted and out-earned by their neighbors at every turn.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025
It is also referred to as an urban mosquito that has outsmarted traditional methods of control.
From BBC ● May 23, 2024
Because I outsmarted his sadistic Hunger Games, made the Capitol look foolish, and consequently undermined his control.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
Players instead rely on solving puzzles, outsmarting systems, overcoming obstacles, teamwork and athleticism.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
In “Saatapiaq,” by Terrie Kusugak, a man tries to escape his fate by outsmarting an ijiraq, a shapeshifting creature from Inuit lore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
With consistent effort and a commitment to outsmarting identity thieves, you can significantly reduce your risk and safeguard your financial and emotional well-being.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2024
It was a classic case of the Dodgers’ renowned brain trust outsmarting themselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2024
She blinks a few times, clearly outsmarting me.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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