outrun
Example Sentences
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There is no rush to conduct an operation against the Bella 1, a slow-moving vessel that cannot outrun U.S. forces now that its location is known, U.S. officials said.
Engineers call this problem the "memory wall," where processing speed outruns the chip's ability to feed it data.
From Science Daily
By culling the bears -- which can weigh up to half a ton and outrun a human -- officials hope to stem the threat across parts of northern Japan.
From Barron's
Stock-market booms always end the same way: Optimism outruns reality, capital floods in — then prices correct.
From MarketWatch
The boat crews try to slip past or outrun whatever Colombia and the U.S. put in front of them: coastal patrol boats to frigates and helicopters farther out.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
