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
  • In Minneapolis and New Orleans, CNN found once-bustling shops and restaurants growing quiet during federal immigration operations as some immigrants avoided work and parents kept children home from school.
    — Maria Santana, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Those have avoided injuries to key players that can demoralize a team and affect a season.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of avoided
Verb
  • In the foreseeable future, a terrorist group with minimal skills could access a jailbroken AI model (one that has evaded safety controls) trained on the world’s most comprehensive biological data set.
    — Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Police said Jackson was driving recklessly and evaded a Muscatine County Sheriff's Office deputy who attempted to stop his vehicle Friday evening in Muscatine.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of evaded
Verb
  • On the play Dart returned, the QB escaped the pocket before finding Fields in the end zone for a leaping touchdown grab.
    — Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • And Above Ground includes poems to his children about what their ancestors endured and escaped.
    — Terry Gross, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of escaped
Verb
  • Hellbent on winning the games that eluded them, the Lions defaulted to a very human reaction.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • That question has eluded countless researchers, biographers and devoted enthusiasts for almost 90 years.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of eluded
Verb
  • At the end of the last cruise, everyone shunned me, except for Roy, who instead was cruel and insulting to me.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Western governments have shunned and sanctioned Min Aung Hlaing and his associates for overthrowing Suu Kyi's government.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of shunned
Verb
  • Bonanno, one of its original members, is said to have eschewed the pomp and public appearances of his contemporaries and remained a low-profile figure into the 1950s.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026
  • By some estimates, one of which was cited in the ruling, the state eschewed an official transcript in more than 1 million hearings during a one-year stretch ending in 2024.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of eschewed
Verb
  • Instead of standing up for her player, Stephanie White ducked behind a wall of corporate word salad.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Burton ducked behind the gift shop counter with two teenage employees.
    — Mark Dee August 14, Idaho Statesman, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of ducked
Verb
  • Messick laughed, shook his head and pleaded for the nickname to meet a quick demise.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Neighbors said the blast shook homes as far as two blocks away.
    — Bryant Reed, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
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