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Recent Examples of outrun Regardless of the franchise, Mahershala Ali just can’t outrun the Daywalker. Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 July 2025 Part three coming May 9: After getting a black flag, would LW Wright outrun the law? The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 Or just a symbolic stand by one government trying to catch up with an industry that has outrun policy for decades? Zoe Bayliss Wong, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025 From a performance standpoint, Iron Maiden continue to outrun the retirement allegations. Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for outrun
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Verb
  • That number far exceeds any other program nationwide.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 14 July 2025
  • The asylum process in Mexico is supposed to take about three months, said Mejía from UNHCR, but the number of cases exceeds the capacity of the Mexican Commission for Refugee Aid to process them.
    Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • Interest payments are now the second-largest spending category in the federal budget, surpassing Medicare and defense in fiscal year 2024 and trailing only Social Security.
    Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 19 July 2025
  • As of Thursday afternoon, about 50 companies listed under the S&P had reported earnings for the second-quarter, and 88% of them surpassed projections, data show.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025

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“Outrun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outrun. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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