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outguessed

verb

past tense of outguess

as in outsmarted

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Outflanked by cruel and fickle gods at every turn, legendary Greek hero Odysseus outsmarted a one-eyed giant, suffered through the bewitching Sirens’ song and braved the Underworld’s dead denizens.

— Alex Pulaski, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
The world’s leading superpower was outsmarted by Iran, perhaps because Iran’s secretary of defense took his job seriously.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026

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To say that Cucurella was pleased, when the Spanish side outwitted the French in the semifinal, would be an understatement.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
For Deschamps and Stephan, there was no shortage of blame after Spain’s Luis de la Fuente outwitted the French coaching staff for the third time, following wins at the 2024 European Championship and last year’s Nations League semi-final.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 16 July 2026

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Though agents responded as they were trained and quickly thwarted the gunman’s plot, some guests who had stepped out of the ballroom to use the bathroom — including CNN’s Wolf Blitzer — found themselves in the midst of the gunfire.

— Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Throughout Homer’s tale, Odysseus is repeatedly thwarted by divine wrath, nature and human fallibility.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 23 July 2026

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In the end, Seattle outmaneuvered and outbodied the Sparks, snatching steals and flipping the ball around the perimeter until the Storm fired off a shot.

— Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
The series will also recreate pivotal moments from Carlos’ life, while Carr examines how Carlos outmaneuvered intelligence services before being captured.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 24 June 2026

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Between the steady march of average US gasoline prices back above $4 per gallon and the rapid rise of power prices, American consumers have plenty to be frustrated by in their energy bills.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 21 July 2026
Early in her career, frustrated that internships at a film studio kept going to the children of executives and family friends, she was eventually handed eighteen months to fix the company’s hiring.

— Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

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The closure of the Dome and ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood has been painful for both locals and industry creatives, leaving countless baffled that powerbrokers in town have not found a way to open the doors again.

— Pat Saperstein, Variety, 21 July 2026
Grantham said he was baffled by Wall Street banks’ recommendations to buy SpaceX for their clients.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 8 July 2026

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Ultimately, Judge Darwin ruled in favor of the California Gaming Association, reaffirming its argument that the Bureau of Gambling Control overreached by attempting to impose new regulations.

— Noe Padilla, USA Today, 7 July 2026
The defense argued that the encounters were consensual and that the government had overreached.

— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 9 Mar. 2026

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