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outrace

[aut-rays] / ˌaʊtˈreɪs /


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The National Trust said earlier this month that the administration was "working around the clock in an attempt to outrace judicial review."

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

He danced and juked, dodged and eluded tacklers, using his instincts to find open space that allowed him to use his speed to outrace the defense into the end zone.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024

Cornell researchers combined soft microactuators with high-energy-density chemical fuel to create an insect-scale quadrupedal robot that is powered by combustion and can outrace, outlift, outflex and outleap its electric-driven competitors.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2023

They'll leave parties early, desperate to outrace the clock and get a kid to their own bed in time.

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2023

I’ve got to get ahead of Jay, outrace the current.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

He outraced the West Coast’s traditional powers and reached a national championship game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Out-qualified and outraced by team-mate Ocon during a painful weekend for Haas.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

Giménez, the 22-year-old Feyenoord forward, dribbled past Harold Cummings and outraced Cummings and Fidel Escobar into the penalty area.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 16, 2023

He outraced everyone to a clearing pass by teammate Jake Middleton, deked Vasilevskiy and scored his 17th goal of the season.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023

He loped across the grass, easily outraced them all, and gobbled the ball up, sweeping it into his jaws with that huge tongue.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers

Put it this way: At least seven James Bond movies feature 007 outracing baddies on the slopes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

But in certain situations -- outracing or outmaneuvering a predator, for example -- the ratios of those periods change drastically.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2023

This is about chasing a title while LeBron James still is outracing time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2023

That is, there are few sights more cinematic than a human being outracing danger and even death onscreen — it’s the ultimate wish fulfillment!

From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2023

He knew, of course, about the machines called hornets, which could fly and strike at fearful speeds like that, outracing sound.

From World of the Drone by Robert Abernathy


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