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outcompeting

verb

present participle of outcompete

as in defeating

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Top Plays from Jets @ Titans To an outside observer, what happened Sunday afternoon — a team with low expectations defeating a Tennessee Titans team with even lower expectations — might not seem all that meaningful.

— Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
The Kangaroos accomplished that goal, defeating Paschal 31-18 and entering district competition on a positive note.

— Gavin Vieck, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2026

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Investment bank Jefferies keeps a list of stocks most closely tied to OpenAI , and a selection of some of the biggest companies is outperforming the S & P 500 since Astra debuted last week.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2026
Novartis said the drug did not meet its primary endpoint of outperforming placebo on improving video hand opening time, or vHOT, a measure of the hand’s ability to relax after squeezing.

— Andrew Joseph, STAT, 8 Sep. 2026

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Speaking of those chickens, Schreiber—whose fear of poultry started as a child, when his hippie parents moved the family to a commune in Canada—seems to be successfully conquering this particular anxiety.

— Ingrid Abramovitch, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2026
John Deacon, Queen The members of Queen were magpies who could throw just about anything, from opera to rockabilly, into their world-conquering arena rock.

— Al Shipley, SPIN, 8 Sep. 2026

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This design continually reflects the laser inside the stream via total internal reflection, overcoming the need for focal-point or Rayleigh-length adjustments.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
Augusto, Marrero, Hernández and countless others have little choice but to figure things out which, in Cuban parlance, means overcoming whatever obstacle is placed in their way.

— Juan Carlos López, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026

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The James Franklin era at Virginia Tech got off to an emphatic start on Saturday with the Hokies trouncing VMI by a count of 73-3.

— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Kress told investors that revenue growth in fiscal 2028 will reach 70%, trouncing the 44% average analyst estimate, according to LSEG.

— Kif Leswing, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

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Beer that was fresh, full of flavor and aroma, and hadn’t traveled hundreds of miles or been pasteurized subduing the bright flavors.

— Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2026
The drones rip through the hallways scanning for a threat before disorienting a suspect using flashing lights and subduing them using pepper balls or by ramming into their body, the company says.

— Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

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Even the National Weather Service’s Oxnard station wasn’t spared — topping out at 87 degrees, besting a record of 85 set in 1931.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
The potentially final chapter of LIV's story being closed out with La Sasso besting the two biggest LIV stars was certainly a scene.

— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

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