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as in outmaneuvered
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as in speculated (about)
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for second-guessed
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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
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Initially, large companies balked at making sizable investments in Venezuela.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
7 May 2026
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Some major Spirit creditors, however, balked at the proposal, reportedly fearing their priority positions for repayment would be compromised.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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Maybe this closure doesn’t mean much to the park’s owner, Suriel reasoned.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Those are the people, Hall reasoned, who have the expendable income for the devices, which range in price from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Apr. 2026
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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).—
Helen Brown,
TheWeek,
30 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
26 Apr. 2026
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The bot-detection firm Cyabra analyzed seven days of activity around the ad and determined that 15 percent of the TikTok accounts commenting on it were fake but had created a disproportionately large percentage of the uproar.—
Lane Brown,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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This study analyzed nationally representative survey data collected between 2021 and 2023 from over 33,700 adolescents.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
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Instead of drafting franchise cornerstones in JaMarr Chase or Penei Sewell, ex-GM Chris Grier outsmarted himself.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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The struggle resonated with parents on Reddit, many of whom admitted they have been outsmarted by their own baby gear.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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But the day before the original deadline, internal emails reviewed by Fortune show, his associates were then given their first of many extensions.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
17 May 2026
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
16 May 2026
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The environmental high point of the past year for me was when Western politicians, led by Republican Representative Ryan Zinke of Montana and backed by constituents across the political spectrum, thwarted Senator Mike Lee’s plans to sell off public lands.—
John Reid,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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But the plan gets thwarted when said camboy is murdered in the process, setting Paula off into a spiral to uncover what happened and clear her name.—
Senior Television,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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“Second-guessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/second-guessed. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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