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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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Hall, buried in fourth place as the runners rounded the last bend, outran the runner on his outside, then two more to the inside to cross the line in 43.40 seconds, the fourth-fastest time ever.
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CBS News, 7 Aug. 2024
The fallout was swift—Jones couldn’t outrun the doping scandal.
—Jada Gomez, SELF, 30 July 2024
Brutally steep hills, poorly maintained gravel paths, curbs, stop lights, or friends trying to outrun me on their light road bikes—the Eclipse was ready.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 19 July 2024
Volkswagen is far from the only automaker to have its software ambitions outrun its hardware and infrastructure realties.
—Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 25 July 2024
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CBS News, 7 Aug. 2024
The fallout was swift—Jones couldn’t outrun the doping scandal.
—Jada Gomez, SELF, 30 July 2024
Brutally steep hills, poorly maintained gravel paths, curbs, stop lights, or friends trying to outrun me on their light road bikes—the Eclipse was ready.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 19 July 2024
Volkswagen is far from the only automaker to have its software ambitions outrun its hardware and infrastructure realties.
—Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 25 July 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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