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outfights

verb

present tense third-person singular of outfight

as in knocks over

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In addition to the characters, the set features two love notes and a flowerpot, which Derpy Tiger notoriously knocks over.

— Greta Cross, USA Today, 16 June 2026
But as much as the ratings monopoly has taken its share of knocks over the decades, it has never been supplanted as the anchor of the $70 billion-plus TV ad business.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2025

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Flora has collected contributions from unions, corporations including Walmart, Chevron and Uber, and major trade organizations and vastly eclipses the financial contributions that his challenger has received.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026
The find eclipses the previous record holder — a roughly 14-pound Terslev hoard — and weighs nearly three times as much.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

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Vidio’s original slate now tops 110 series, and the platform carries more than 70 global and national sports competitions, among them Wimbledon, Formula 1 and MotoGP.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
Tackling gas prices, high cost of living California has some of the highest housing and energy costs in the nation, and affordability tops the list of concerns for likely voters.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

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Across America, the average net worth of owners greatly exceeds the net worth of renters.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
In-store shopping generally exceeds online in every state except Maryland and New York, where online is the narrow leader.

— Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

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No stepping off the sidewalk into a puddle of slush that overtops your work shoes, soaking your socks for the rest of the day.

— Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
On rainy and high tide days, the track and baseball field nearby can get submerged in ankle deep water as the river overtops the old seawall.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026

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The Apex also surpasses the Alphafly 4 in weight savings, as the former model is 10 percent lighter than the Alphafly 3 compared to a 5 percent reduction on the latter.

— Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
In recent years, Hinton, who previously worked at Google, has issued a series of warnings about existential risks associated with AI, particularly if an AI model surpasses human intelligence and becomes autonomous.

— Katie McQue, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026

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