Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of outrun The only way Big D could possibly have a chance at being competitive in games is if their offense could outrun the tsunami of points coming from the other team. J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 The affidavit also stated that Brimmer somehow managed to outrun Suresh and made it to a neighbor's house, where the victim began pounding on the garage until he was let into the home. Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025 On third-and-9, McCown found the tailback in the flat, and Henry made one man miss before outrunning the rest of the CSU defense down the sideline to the end zone. Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025 Both 1929 and 2008 involved financial innovations outrunning inadequate regulation. Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for outrun
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outrun
Verb
  • The Congressional Budget Office projects the total national debt will exceed $38 trillion by 2029, growing roughly $7 trillion a year.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Of the companies that have reported so far, 87% managed to exceed Wall Street’s expectations, much higher than the typical 67% beat rate, according to LSEG.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And the 39-point advantage goes down as the Heat’s biggest halftime lead in franchise history, surpassing a 34-point halftime lead against the Portland Trail Blazers on March 29, 2024.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
  • At the beginning of summer, for the first time in months, my daily step count surpassed a mile.
    Lucinda Rosenfeld, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025

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“Outrun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outrun. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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