outrace
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of outrace
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The National Trust said earlier this month that the administration was "working around the clock in an attempt to outrace judicial review."
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
But he does outrace a pack of motorcycles and an airplane.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
He danced and juked, dodged and eluded tacklers, using his instincts to find open space that allowed him to use his speed to outrace the defense into the end zone.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
Cornell researchers combined soft microactuators with high-energy-density chemical fuel to create an insect-scale quadrupedal robot that is powered by combustion and can outrace, outlift, outflex and outleap its electric-driven competitors.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2023
I’ve got to get ahead of Jay, outrace the current.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
He outraced the West Coast’s traditional powers and reached a national championship game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Out-qualified and outraced by team-mate Ocon during a painful weekend for Haas.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Vaughn dove, gloved the ball and narrowly outraced Bauers to the bag to preserve a 2-0 Chicago lead.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
He outraced everyone to a clearing pass by teammate Jake Middleton, deked Vasilevskiy and scored his 17th goal of the season.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
He loped across the grass, easily outraced them all, and gobbled the ball up, sweeping it into his jaws with that huge tongue.
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
He began experimenting with a sewing machine and, in 1846, introduced a foot-powered model that could sew 250 stitches a minute, outracing the fastest human hands by a factor of five.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Shakir caught the pass at the 10 over the middle, and then slipped Minkah Fitzpatrick’s tackle attempt by spinning around before outracing the rest of the Steelers defenders into the end zone.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2024
But in certain situations -- outracing or outmaneuvering a predator, for example -- the ratios of those periods change drastically.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2023
That is, there are few sights more cinematic than a human being outracing danger and even death onscreen — it’s the ultimate wish fulfillment!
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
Up they went, each outracing the other, straining every nerve and muscle to gain the summit of the hill, to be first to handle the prize!
From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 by Louis Creswicke
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