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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outflanked
Verb
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Whether the Michael sequel will come to fruition and cover any of this uncharted territory—or flash back to territory that was avoided in the first film, like the entirety of The Wiz—is heretofore unknown.—
Chris Murphy,
Vanity Fair,
12 May 2026 -
Schwarzenegger’s strategy energized Californians who wanted to punish incumbent Democrats, but avoided scaring too many of the state’s median voters.—
Conor Friedersdorf,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2026
Verb
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Ilango had successfully evaded the decades-old impossibility result.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
11 May 2026
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The Knicks have found the very consistency that’s evaded them in the past.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
11 May 2026
Verb
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Stray bits of hair escaped my ponytail and stung my eyes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
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The injured duckling was treated at a veterinary clinic while the other ducklings escaped the area with the mother duck.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
Verb
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With home ownership becoming increasingly difficult amid high interest rates and inflationary prices, that dream has eluded many Americans.—
Amber Gaudet,
Charlotte Observer,
14 May 2026
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However, a championship again eluded the Knicks, as Mikan and the Lakers beat them in the Finals for a second consecutive year, that time in five games.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2026
Verb
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People are entitled to their opinion and nobody should be shunned for it.—
Elizabeth Heckman,
FOXNews.com,
9 May 2026
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The bills do not require developers to build affordable, accessible housing on a statewide basis and the SSMMA says developers have long shunned certain communities in the south suburbs, in Chicago and historically Black and brown communities.—
Jerry Shnay,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
Verb
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The typical main salon has been eschewed in favor of a large communal dining space for up to 54 people.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
6 May 2026
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Adolph Ochs, publisher of The New York Times from 1896 until his death in 1935, eschewed bylines until the 1920s when the paper’s position on the issue began changing, as did that of many other publications.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The audio journalism winner was the staff of the podcast Pablo Torre Finds Out, which investigated how the Los Angeles Clippers basketball organization seemingly ducked the NBA salary cap rule by paying its star forward, Kawhi Leonard, extra money via an endorsement deal.—
Neda Ulaby,
NPR,
4 May 2026
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Emily tried to nudge her daughter closer, but Henley pivoted and ducked behind her legs.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
1 May 2026
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Her plea will spare a lengthy discovery period and likely mark the legal denouement of a federal probe that shook Sacramento after the FBI recorded dozens of lobbyists in the summer of 2024 as part of the investigation.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2026
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The writer-director sets her sophomore feature barely two years after the country shook off the despot’s iron grip.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
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“Outflanked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outflanked. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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