Example Sentences

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There’s a good chance inflation will outrun wage growth for months or even the rest of 2026, economists say.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

“By land, air or sea, our Armed Forces will find you and deliver justice. You will run out of fuel long before you will outrun us.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Move to city-slicker surfaces and this 835-horsepower beast will outrun or dance around any petroleum pickup I’ve tested, claiming a 3.0-second dash to 60 miles an hour.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2021

Grealish is a top-six player, nobody will outrun McGinn and Mings is ballast.

From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2019

They will have to get rid of it, or those of us who don't carry tanks will outrun them in the race.

From The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People by Wilson, Woodrow