outmanoeuvre
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Australia signed a new defence alliance with Fiji on Monday, bolstering ties with its South Pacific island neighbour as it seeks to outmanoeuvre China in the region.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
Usyk will be able to outbox and outmanoeuvre him.”
From BBC ● May 16, 2024
At stake is potentially the biggest reshaping of Europe's aviation industry for a generation, with low-cost airlines looking to outmanoeuvre heavily indebted traditional carriers as COVID-19 travel restrictions are wound down.
From Reuters ● Sep. 10, 2021
Messrs Beale and Buscemi are consistently amusing as they attempt to outmanoeuvre one another while trying their best to appear solemn and mournful after the tragic loss of their leader.
From Economist ● Oct. 20, 2017
This was sufficient to give to Mr. Slope high hope that he might enlist Dr. Stanhope on his side, before his enemies could outmanoeuvre him.
From Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope
Such was Eze's natural flair for the game he won $20,000 in an online tournament in May - but he will be wary of being outmanoeuvred by Olise on the pitch.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025
Coach Edin Terzic tactically outmanoeuvred Ancelotti in every department, and Madrid’s stars were subdued.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2024
It was another graphic demonstration of the power of the Premier League as Milan, who head Serie A, were outmanoeuvred with ease by a Liverpool side bearing little resemblance to their full-strength team.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2021
And even upstart groups of reformists who campaigned against the ruling elite managed to defy predictions that they would be outmanoeuvred by established parties: a bloc headed by a pharmacologist emerged with ten seats.
From Reuters ● Oct. 12, 2021
Asiatics do not wink when they have outmanoeuvred an enemy, but as Mahbub Ali cleared his throat, tightened his belt, and staggered forth under the early morning stars, he came very near to it.
From Kim by Rudyard Kipling
Catterall, 31, was at times outworking and outmanoeuvring his 33-year-old opponent, landing smart counter punches, but Barboza ended the rounds strongly, with crisp and well-timed power shots.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2025
The powerplay between the two shows Ms Meloni's outmanoeuvring of the 86-year-old Mr Berlusconi, with her rapid rise occupying the right-wing that he once dominated.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2022
Across a career spanning decades, Rumsfeld forged a reputation as the ultimate Washington insider and a true political survivor notorious for outmanoeuvring his foes.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2021
But the relative ability, and desire, of each power bloc to shape and lead the 21st century by outmanoeuvring and outperforming rivals may be fundamentally changing.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 19, 2019
My losses are not serious; I succeeded in outmanoeuvring the enemy.
From The Court of the Empress Josephine by Thomas Sergeant Perry
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