as in to outdo
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Not to be outdone, the timelessly elegant Stanly Ranch, Auberge Collection has its own Little Rancher’s Camp available throughout the summer to afford the adults some precious breathing room to enjoy the resort’s amenities.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
23 Oct. 2025 -
Not to be outdone, the Giants followed up with a tip-drill touchdown of their own, as Theo Johnson caught a deflected pass on third-and-17 and ran with it for a 41-yard score on the ensuing possession.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
20 Oct. 2025
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Fleeing crowded Eastern cities, Americans sought to better their lives and, in the process, transformed the young nation.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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Even in very difficult circumstances, there was always this feeling of optimism, of belief in being able to better our world.—
Kathleen Rellihan,
Outside,
22 Oct. 2025
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Channeling some wild style with the leopard print, Stone, who often collaborates with stylist Petra Flannery, ensured the piece wasn’t overpowering, opting for a mini hemline and understated material that only served to complement and augment her refined attire.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
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Nonetheless, her ex’s rage overpowers everything else.—
Alex Kotlowitz,
The Atlantic,
29 Oct. 2025
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And the 39-point advantage goes down as the Heat’s biggest halftime lead in franchise history, surpassing a 34-point halftime lead against the Portland Trail Blazers on March 29, 2024.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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At the beginning of summer, for the first time in months, my daily step count surpassed a mile.—
Lucinda Rosenfeld,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Spanish subjugated and enslaved the indigenous population of the Canaries—the Guanches—exporting some of them to Madeira or Europe, while others were forced to labor on Canarian sugar plantations.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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How could the woman who wrote so piercingly about women’s subjugation subjugate herself to not just one but two men?—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
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Similar concerns are upsetting older adults in Sunnyvale, where a program that serves healthy meals to residents aged 60 and older, as well as their spouses and disabled dependents, increasingly has to turn people away as demand has outstripped the program’s funding.—
Panashe Matemba-Mutasa,
Mercury News,
27 Oct. 2025
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But analysts are concerned that AI investment is outstripping earnings.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Pistons matchup represents the second straight game in a back-to-back slate of bouts for Cleveland, who vanquished the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday, 118-113, despite a mammoth 40-point, 14-rebound, nine-assist night from two-time league MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky hoped to put their differences aside to vanquish the Kabuki Warriors in Asuka and Kairi Sane.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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Inconveniently for skywatchers, the full moon will also occur on November 5, with its brightness potentially outshining meteors.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
3 Nov. 2025
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Whether or not Ewers outshines Wilson, who has a four-year experience edge on him, running the scout team, which gets the defense ready for each week’s opponent, shouldn’t be what’s important.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Outfight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outfight. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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