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Recent Examples of outfight
But the 6-foot-3, 201-pound Coleman is the epitome of a receiver who makes high-point catches, catches balls with his hands not his body and will outfight defensive backs for the football.
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Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2026
Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outfight
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The sisters’ mission involves a dangerous and violent road trip; the fierce Racine outdoes the sensitive Anaia in her bloodlust, and the drama, reminiscent of classical tragedy, resounds with mythopoetic overtones.—
Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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This time around, the Flagstaff builder outdoes itself on both fronts with a pop-up camping topper sized to a 1980 Mini 95 pickup, creating a camping truck that sizes comparably to a Japanese kei camper.—
C.C. Weiss
May 12,
New Atlas,
12 May 2026
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Skelton, who four years earlier had won team jumping gold at London 2012, became the second-oldest British Olympic champion, his feat bettered only by Joshua Millner, who won shooting gold in London in 1908, aged 61.—
Danielle Rossingh,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Maybe that is a bit of a distraction from what the end goal actually is, which is to better the supply chain.—
Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
20 May 2026
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The Avalanche have lived up to their overpowering name.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
20 May 2026
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Rather than overpowering them with brute force, German forces managed to defeat the French and British forces in the Battle of France (1940) by simply outmaneuvering them.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
20 May 2026
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In Year 3, the PWHL surpassed one million fans in attendance in a single season for the first time.—
Hailey Salvian,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Earlier this month, the seventy-seven-year-old Thomas became the second-longest-serving Justice in history, surpassing John Paul Stevens, who retired after thirty-four years, in 2010.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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This campy, reality-shifting comedy series questions what would happen if a flaming misogynist woke up in a world that was completely matriarchal and subjugated men based on their gender.—
Madeleine Janz,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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Everflame is set in a world where mortals live in poverty, subjugated by an elite race known as the Descended.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
17 Apr. 2026
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The sale on Monday far outstripped those, no doubt due to the truly top material in the sale, including what Christie’s called the largest Pollock drip painting still in private hands.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
18 May 2026
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That outstrips the net gain of $666 billion investors took home from the last decade of startup investing, says Meghan Reynolds, managing partner at tech fund Altimeter.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Mulch and landscaping rocks covered the majority of the surface, turfgrass vanquished to narrow strips between garden beds.—
Maggie Slepian,
Longreads,
14 May 2026
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Vaccines, though, changed it all, essentially vanquishing those diseases in the United States and much of the rest of the world.—
Fran Moreland Johns,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2026
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In Game 6, Stephon Castle outshined Wembanyama with a game-high 32 points, 11 rebounds and six assists.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
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Wednesday Cramer expects Lowe's, which reports in the morning, to potentially outshine Home Depot given its greater exposure to do-it-yourself consumers in a weak housing market.—
Alexa LoMonaco,
CNBC,
15 May 2026
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“Outfight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outfight. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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