as in to evade
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Recent Examples of outflank
There are several of these super-creeps — too many for Dina and Ellie to outflank.
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Noel Murray, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Kennedy had entered office hoping to alter Washington’s reputation in the developing world by encouraging reform movements and decolonization as a way to outflank Moscow.
—Timothy Naftali, Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2025
Lee is outflanking Taylor in vote transfers from Webb and Tyron Jordan, the respective fifth- and third-place candidates.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
For Iran, Hezbollah was supposed to be the cornerstone of its strategy to outflank superior adversaries, such as Israel, with armed proxies.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
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Noel Murray, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Kennedy had entered office hoping to alter Washington’s reputation in the developing world by encouraging reform movements and decolonization as a way to outflank Moscow.
—Timothy Naftali, Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2025
Lee is outflanking Taylor in vote transfers from Webb and Tyron Jordan, the respective fifth- and third-place candidates.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
For Iran, Hezbollah was supposed to be the cornerstone of its strategy to outflank superior adversaries, such as Israel, with armed proxies.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outflank
Verb
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The discovery adds a new dimension to understanding cancer and therapy resistance, where cells often evade treatment by shifting states.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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But Moscow has found ways to evade these.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Take extra caution when on the road or avoid driving if possible.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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Refrain from entering water that may have electricity in it and avoid walking through floodwaters.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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But as with the Holy Grail of ancient Christian legend, an early-detection multicancer test has long eluded all who have pursued it.—
Cory Franklin,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
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Widespread distribution across the country eludes the liquid and it’s rarely mentioned in conversation with the usual suspects of scotch superstardom.—
Brad Japhe,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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With roughly 180 resorts spread across its atolls, there are dozens of worthy five-star escapes to choose from.—
Katie Lockhart,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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Auger-Aliassime played some of his best tennis since the early 2020s in the second and fourth sets, winning the former and having Sinner on the edge of going a break down for 3-1 in the latter, before the Italian escaped.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Where Welch embraced the spotlight, Chouinard shunned attention.—
Kyle Westaway,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Record attack drone launches are designed to overwhelm Kyiv’s defenses, and the deaths of children in the city (another infant was killed in an apartment building alongside her mother Sunday) are the one thing Trump seems to feel acutely – bar being complimented or shunned by Putin.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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Nestled in a strip mall by a nail salon and a Whole Foods, this specific Club Pilates studio eschewed the spa vibes in favor of a traditional fitness room.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2025
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Farkas noted that Putin has eschewed major international events, such as the July BRICS bloc of developing nations summit in Brazil, fearing arrest due to the outstanding warrant.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
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On back-to-back pass plays, though, Ward held the ball too long and couldn’t shake the Broncos’ pass rush, resulting in back-to-back sacks that took the Titans outside field goal range.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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After a while, the lady shook her head.—
Bryan Washington,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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When the system’s rigged against you, try to undermine it or circumvent it.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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In response, Russia pivoted towards eastward to China again, signing the Power of Siberia Pipeline, and then accelerating the development of payment systems like Mir and System for Transfer of Financial Messages (SPFS) to circumvent Western financial systems.—
Earl Carr,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Outflank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outflank. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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