outflanked

verb

past tense of outflank
as in avoided

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outflanked
  1. avoided
  2. evaded
  3. escaped
  4. eluded
  5. shunned
  6. eschewed
  7. ducked
  8. shook
Verb
  • Stevens has largely avoided discussing the organization directly, even as its spending has reshaped the race.
    — Joey Cappelletti, Fortune, 19 July 2026
  • The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an investigation into Waymo in May after instances during which the self-driving cars collided with objects that a human driver could have easily avoided.
    — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026
Definition of avoided
Verb
  • An independent committee investigating the cause of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades heard arguments on how improper practices that evaded regulatory oversight turned a small fire into a tragedy as the case neared its conclusion Friday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026
  • Still, several popular chains have sadly evaded the KC metro.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
Definition of evaded
Verb
  • The song picks up a locomotive rhythm, as if the only way to reflect on those scenes is with the momentum of having escaped them.
    — Amanda Wicks, Pitchfork, 25 July 2026
  • Wacha also escaped trouble by stranding two runners in the sixth.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026
Definition of escaped
Verb
  • Its meaning had eluded researchers since it was discovered in 2017.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026
  • Not all of Foreign Tongues’ 14 tracks are as explicit, but most see the Stones in fighting form that eluded them throughout the past few decades.
    — David Harris, SPIN, 6 July 2026
Definition of eluded
Verb
  • Traditional banks often shunned smaller companies, either charging extremely high rates to compensate for the risk or outright refusing to lend to them.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • Those cards originated with Pinta, who launched a campaign in 2022 to send holiday cards to people in the LGBTQ+ community who’ve been shunned by their families.
    — Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
Definition of shunned
Verb
  • However, this dynamic was entirely eschewed in favor of focusing on the love triangle between Lucas, Peyton, and Brooke, which became the primary romantic conflict of the series and continued on for three seasons.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 23 July 2026
  • While Starmer typically eschewed such maximalist goals in favor of narrower ones that were more likely to be achieved, Burnham seemed willing to tout bolder objectives.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Definition of eschewed
Verb
  • Attendees instinctively ducked under tables and chairs, not knowing what had just happened.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • Making it through the growing phase, having ducked and dodged blight, hornworms, blossom end rot, and all the other problems a tomato plant might run into can feel like a success of its own.
    — Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano, The Spruce, 17 July 2026
Definition of ducked
Verb
  • There was some pink smoke at the start of the match from pyrotechnics, but the air eventually cleared as the action heated up and players from both teams shook off the rust from the long layoff.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
  • After a while Bill came out, shook my hand and beckoned me over to his Capri to take me for my medical down near the docks.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of shook
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