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Recent Examples of outrun There was no more outrunning the reality that loomed over this entire NCAA tournament, not with Paige Bueckers at the height of her powers and the full weight of the Connecticut onslaught raining down on them. Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025 Developing studio Jump Over the Age put yeoman’s work into Citizen Sleeper’s worldbuilding, especially all the other lonely souls on this starship — each of whom seem to be outrunning something, or someone. Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025 Enhancing Data Security And Identity Verification Each year, cybersecurity threats grow exponentially as business leaders try to outrun bad actors in the race to protect sensitive data. Alvin Kan, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025 Get ready to have several new fears unlocked, courtesy of Final Destination Bloodlines, the latest entry in the blockbuster franchise about trying (and often failing) to outrun death. Shania Russell, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for outrun
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Verb
  • Miller appeared in only six of Minnesota’s 12 playoff games, exclusively in garbage time and failing to exceed one minute of playing time in any contest.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 16 May 2025
  • The priciest units sold so far exceeded $3,000 per square feet, a metric used to compare neighborhoods.
    Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • These numbers have surpassed the totality of last year's infections, which added up to just 285 across 32 states with 16 distinct outbreaks and 69% of cases being outbreak-associated.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • This plant would also make the US the largest polyethylene producer in the world, surpassing China.
    Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025

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“Outrun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outrun. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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