How to Use outrun in a Sentence

outrun

verb
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  • Krantz, who can outrun most people on the crew, says that men and women do the same job out on the line.
    — Alex Potter, National Geographic, 13 Aug. 2020
  • Companies had to adapt — and quickly — to outrun a virus that was chasing them around the world.
    — Washington Post, 30 July 2020
  • In these movies, a few good men can always outrun a history of violence.
    — Blair McClendon, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2020
  • That's also true of Tom Brady, who can't outrun a Roomba.
    — Star Tribune, 10 Sep. 2020
  • Pronghorn evolved to outrun the now-extinct North American cheetah, dire wolf, and short-faced bear.
    — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Whatever lessons Biden has learned since 2020 have been outrun by the passage of time.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 28 June 2024
  • Doing it all, in Abovitz’s eyes, was the only way to outrun the corporate giants who also wanted to own the future.
    — Fortune, 26 Sep. 2020
  • While mmWave can certainly outrun low- or mid-band connections, it's got some pretty severe drawbacks.
    — Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 24 Aug. 2020
  • When that happened, the gas, dust, and rock fell downward and then rushed along the ground as a deadly pyroclastic flow—too hot and poisonous to survive, and too fast to outrun.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Even Murata’s outsider trio, intent on escape, can’t outrun certain deeply ingrained beliefs.
    — Stephanie Hayes, The Atlantic, 9 Nov. 2020
  • And not even a salary cap ultramarathoner like the Vikings’ Rob Brzezinski can outrun the cap forever.
    — Michael Rand, Star Tribune, 21 Sep. 2020
  • The man left the door open so the dog would have a chance to outrun the fire.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2021
  • After parking on the side of the road, the suspect jumped out to grab the girl, who outran him.
    — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The question is, how long can Trump himself outrun the truth?
    — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The vigor of youth could no longer outrun the ravages of age and cancer.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2021
  • That makes this Hurst car the quickest set of wheels in the GM stable—outrunning even the new Corvette.
    — Larry Webster, Car and Driver, 12 Aug. 2023
  • So while one of the Warriors’ goals was to push the pace and outrun the Lakers, the Lakers won the fast-break points battle, 22-10.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The pace of change will only get faster, but even now, humans cannot outrun work.
    — Jared Spataro, Fortune, 11 May 2023
  • The ones who somehow outrun the medical tent become the best of all-time.
    — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Huskies were able to outrun Buckland and finish with a six-point win, Hill said.
    — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The school’s director told reporters on the scene that the children had been too young to outrun the embers.
    — Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2021
  • When betting horses, the idea is to look for horses that are going to outrun the odds.
    — Xl Media, cleveland, 7 May 2022
  • Other species may not be able to outrun the rapid changes in their habitat and could simply die off.
    — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Four friends, aged 9 to 11, were playing football there and couldn’t outrun the second shell.
    — Facundo Iglesi, Wired, 12 Aug. 2021
  • In those cases, the Jag was picked for its ability to outrun the coppers.
    — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 26 Feb. 2023
  • RuPaul has been trying to outrun that kind of thinking for a long time.
    — Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
  • De Landa jumped into his car and tried to outrun the flooding but got stuck on a street near his house.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Kings head coach Mike Brown said before the game that his team had to be physical, and had to outrun the Warriors.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2023
  • The station said the suspects tried to outrun the train at a nearby crossing with their getaway car.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2021
  • 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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