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Examples of outrun in a Sentence
The rabbit had no chance of outrunning the dogs.
His motorcycle could outrun any car on the road.
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And instead of a bus that’s trying to outrun its own ticking time bomb, Paxton and Hunt’s storm-chaser characters doggedly pursue immensely powerful tornadoes that destroy everything in their ever-changing path.
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Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 July 2024
Whatever lessons Biden has learned since 2020 have been outrun by the passage of time.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 28 June 2024
But analysts say the key to winning Pennsylvania’s high-stakes Senate contest may be in the candidates’ ability to outrun the downward pull of a presidential race led by two deeply unpopular figures.
—Brianne Pfannenstiel, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
The European Union is also outrunning us with $8.4 billion in quantum research.
—Pamir Alpay, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2024
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Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 July 2024
Whatever lessons Biden has learned since 2020 have been outrun by the passage of time.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 28 June 2024
But analysts say the key to winning Pennsylvania’s high-stakes Senate contest may be in the candidates’ ability to outrun the downward pull of a presidential race led by two deeply unpopular figures.
—Brianne Pfannenstiel, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
The European Union is also outrunning us with $8.4 billion in quantum research.
—Pamir Alpay, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2024
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outrun
verb
out·run
(ˈ)au̇t-ˈrən 
outran
-ˈran
; outrun; outrunning
; outrun; outrunning
1
: to run or go faster than
2
: exceed sense 1
our needs outran our funds
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