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outfought

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past tense of outfight

as in outdistanced

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Perennial champ Joey Chestnut far outdistanced the field with 66 dogs officially consumed.

— Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 4 July 2026
The Lancers outdistanced runner-up Classical Academy (367) and Los Alamitos (372), both of which also qualified for state.

— Dan Albano, Oc Register, 29 May 2026

Definition of outdistanced

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Last December, Berman outdid himself, landing $867 million in financing from a group of lenders that include Apollo Global and JPMorgan Chase to convert a 1960s-era office building at 111 Wall Street.

— Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
Only goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel outdid him in United’s greatest season.

— Andy Mitten, New York Times, 6 July 2026

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Virgilijus’s Olympic record had stood for 20 years before his son and eventual 2024 Olympic gold medalist Roje Stona surpassed the mark in Paris.

— Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Alpha-Zero, as the system was called, surpassed human experts at chess, the Japanese chess variant Shogi, and the ancient strategy board game called Go.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026

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In recent years, there were delays and interruptions because of weather, but not full days getting vanquished.

— Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
Even as retailers pointedly asked Edelman what the company planned to do once the mechanical trade was vanquished by quartz technology, Stern stayed the course.

— Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 27 July 2026

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Neighbouring Devon should also encounter a high percentage of coverage, while people in Pembrokeshire, Wales, are set to see up to 94% of the sun eclipsed.

— Callum Sutherland, Time, 7 Aug. 2026
However, what's been largely overlooked is the scale of the partially eclipsed sunset across Europe and northwest Africa.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of eclipsed

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Sales of the company's diabetes drug Ozempic and overall obesity portfolio exceeded analyst estimates for the quarter, according to StreetAccount.

— Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026
Advertising revenue was up 78% in that period, largely due to World Cup, which exceeded the company’s expectations.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of exceeded

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The moment the number of pages outstripped the number of people who could reasonably classify them, the future belonged to crawlers and ranking systems.

— Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
That overwhelming demand for data center buildouts has vastly outstripped the industry’s ability to supply it.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026

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