Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outflanked
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San Antonio Spurs superstar Victor Wembanyama avoided adding a third flagrant point to his postseason total.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
11 June 2026 -
While the city avoided laying off a number of its already lean staff — which neighbors like San Francisco have had to reckon with — the city’s financial troubles are far from over.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
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Among his most famous pursuits was his years-long hunt for Bob Dozier, a murderer and cattle thief who repeatedly evaded capture.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
6 June 2026
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The aesthetic has seemingly evaded the controversy that’s erupted from Levinson’s eight-episode parable, which officially finished on Sunday.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
1 June 2026
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Junior Grace Simmons escaped an early jam to set the tone for a low-scoring complete game from the circle, and Aniyah Bailey had a birthday to remember by anchoring the team’s contagious offensive showing with two doubles and five RBI in a 3-for-4 day.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
11 June 2026
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Better still, leave workers’ rates alone and expand the base to all forms of compensation and to investment income — the income that has escaped the program for nine decades.—
Teresa Ghilarducci,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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All the while, a single basic question about these equations has eluded them, despite the addition of a million-dollar bounty.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
11 June 2026
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That victory marked the crowning triumph in the career of Lionel Messi, Argentina’s talismanic captain and, arguably, the greatest soccer player of all time, who could, at last, claim the one prize that had eluded him for nearly two decades.—
Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
11 June 2026
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Vampires represent those who have shunned their own humanity in order to achieve a nonexistent sense of superiority.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
15 June 2026
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Someone who was a bit more of a scientist, he was shunned.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
10 June 2026
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In an effort to save on costs, Musk eschewed the traditional approach to rocket building, at one point building 70% of the Falcon 1’s components in-house rather than buying them from suppliers.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
14 June 2026
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Hulu has been increasingly ordering pilots of late after many streamers eschewed the practice in favor of straight-to-series orders.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
4 June 2026
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Jane howled on the biggest stage of their career as kicks rained over the crowd and influencer types probably ducked for cover or got baptized.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
27 May 2026
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The nurse told investigators Samuelson saved his life, and according to court documents, surveillance video also shows that immediately after the nurse ducked into the hallway to get away from Grafton, Samuelson stopped moving and appeared motionless.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
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Natisha Hiedeman shook off a slow start to score 16 points for Seattle (3-11), which has lost seven straight games.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
11 June 2026
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Swift just gave Ben Stiller a hug and shook hands with some fans.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
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“Outflanked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outflanked. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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