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to get the better of through cleverness
outmaneuvered his congressional opponent by co-opting his call for change in Washington
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Recent Examples of outmaneuvered
Infantino endured another lesson in the limits of his facile brand of diplomacy in Vancouver, when he was outmaneuvered by Jibril Rajoub, the 73-year-old president of the Palestinian Football Association, who had asked to address the congress.
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Chris Jones,
The Atlantic,
7 June 2026
But in the case of the stork, the bird saw the drone and outmaneuvered it.
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David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
The auteur can now cross another genre off his bucket list with The Samurai and the Prisoner (Kokurojo), a stately and rather stagy historical mystery set during the 16th century, at a time when warring clans fought and outmaneuvered each other for control of the land.
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Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
24 May 2026
Soon, the European LNGs might find themselves being outmaneuvered by others, such as China.
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Ike Brannon,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
Beyond Curaçao, regulators have largely fumbled in their efforts to rein in the offshore casino sector, outmaneuvered by nimble operators who exploit the gap between national laws and enforcement power.
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Cecilia D'anastasio,
Bloomberg,
27 Feb. 2026
The ferocity of their scenes together, aided by Arias’ devoted yet outmaneuvered Thea, sets the production ablaze with erotic danger.
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Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
Paramount, which was outmaneuvered by Netflix last December, has received a warmer response from WBD this week and the two media companies are continuing to negotiate.
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Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
25 Feb. 2026
Despite being outnumbered and outmaneuvered, Washington maintained order among his demoralized troops.
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Christopher Magra,
The Conversation,
10 Feb. 2026
Chris Jones,
The Atlantic,
7 June 2026
But in the case of the stork, the bird saw the drone and outmaneuvered it.
—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
The auteur can now cross another genre off his bucket list with The Samurai and the Prisoner (Kokurojo), a stately and rather stagy historical mystery set during the 16th century, at a time when warring clans fought and outmaneuvered each other for control of the land.
—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
24 May 2026
Soon, the European LNGs might find themselves being outmaneuvered by others, such as China.
—
Ike Brannon,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
Beyond Curaçao, regulators have largely fumbled in their efforts to rein in the offshore casino sector, outmaneuvered by nimble operators who exploit the gap between national laws and enforcement power.
—
Cecilia D'anastasio,
Bloomberg,
27 Feb. 2026
The ferocity of their scenes together, aided by Arias’ devoted yet outmaneuvered Thea, sets the production ablaze with erotic danger.
—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
Paramount, which was outmaneuvered by Netflix last December, has received a warmer response from WBD this week and the two media companies are continuing to negotiate.
—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
25 Feb. 2026
Despite being outnumbered and outmaneuvered, Washington maintained order among his demoralized troops.
—
Christopher Magra,
The Conversation,
10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outmaneuvered
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Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper each homered for the second straight game and the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the New York Mets 6-2 on Sunday night.
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Atlanta defeated Indiana 108-101 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Thursday, with Reese posting 21 points and 11 rebounds and Clark scoring 26 points in the loss.
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Towering over the town is another, much bigger, Venetian fort, the Palamidhi (named after Palamedes, Nafplio’s legendarily clever local hero, who outwitted Odysseus and, well, didn’t live long enough to regret it).
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Twenty-six years ago, students treated a visit by then-President Bill Clinton as a challenge, and outwitted the Secret Service by secretly rigging a banner to unfurl at an inopportune moment.
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And some of the bees that technically failed the test may have actually outsmarted their contemporaries—by learning to work smarter, not harder.
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Sunday outsmarted Adam and Hannah with a ruse at Tribal Council.
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Some people in Israel say Netanyahu, in a way, deceived Trump.
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One is to emphasize Iago—the guileful, insinuating convincingness of this malicious supervillain, who works on Othello to the point where any reasonable man would be deceived and fooled and worked into a rage that can lead to such a catastrophe.
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In the 31st minute, Morocco's Achraf Hakimi received the ball downfield in front of the box but was thwarted by Haiti's goalkeeper Johny Placide.
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Starmer’s attempt to tackle Britain’s spiralling benefits bill was thwarted by his own MPs.
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Liv Morgan begged for a tag, but she was outfoxed by a blind tag from Rhea Ripley.
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No doubt remained that I’d been outfoxed.
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Don’t be fooled; this isn’t your typical museum.
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Don’t be fooled by its breezy ’60s-analog vintage pop sound.
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The defense argued that the encounters were consensual and that the government had overreached.
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Democrats and liberals strongly believe Trump has overreached yet again — albeit not in quite such egregious terms — by inveighing against Bad Bunny.
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“Outmaneuvered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outmaneuvered. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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