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Recent Examples of outflank
As of today, the network’s steps have largely seemed like minor extensions of its TV product, rather than the big swings needed to outflank its new rivals in digital, who command similar reach but can act nimbly — and don’t need to run a 24-hour cable broadcast on the side.
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Max Tani, semafor.com, 17 Nov. 2025
He is said to have sought to outflank more isolationist voices in Trump’s circle by emphasizing the drug issue and using that as the primary rationale for piling more pressure on Maduro.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2025
In The Mayor of Casterbridge, his 1886 novel about a man who attempts to outflank the great error of his past, the English writer Thomas Hardy offers an interpersonal version of the geopolitical misconstructions Westad articulates.
—Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
The result is a marketplace where first-time and lower-income buyers, often reliant on financing, are outflanked by older, equity-rich, and wealthier competitors.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
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Max Tani, semafor.com, 17 Nov. 2025
He is said to have sought to outflank more isolationist voices in Trump’s circle by emphasizing the drug issue and using that as the primary rationale for piling more pressure on Maduro.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2025
In The Mayor of Casterbridge, his 1886 novel about a man who attempts to outflank the great error of his past, the English writer Thomas Hardy offers an interpersonal version of the geopolitical misconstructions Westad articulates.
—Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
The result is a marketplace where first-time and lower-income buyers, often reliant on financing, are outflanked by older, equity-rich, and wealthier competitors.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outflank
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Somehow their petition—miraculously evading Confederate interception and traveling, via the Bahamas, to Washington—arrived on the Navy secretary’s desk, though they likely weren’t released until the end of the war.—
Drew Gilpin Faust,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2026
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Edwards, who trains such police departments as the New York Police Department on drone threat mitigation, points to fiber-optic drones that can evade radio frequency detection systems as a particular concern.—
Anna Schecter,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2026
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In Texas, wind, solar and storage provided about 25% of power for the grid's 27 million customers -- a major increase over 2021 and a key reason blackouts were largely avoided, said John Hensley, a senior vice president at the American Clean Power Association, an industry group.—
MATTHEW DALY,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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Healey avoided answering the question, instead stating that Massachusetts officials tipped off the feds to the $7 million SNAP fraud scheme uncovered by Foley’s office in December.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
7 Feb. 2026
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And public interest in private tragedies can sometimes lead to clues and insights that might otherwise have eluded law-enforcement officials working alone.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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But with limited data, the precise driver of the phenomenon largely eludes researchers.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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There were no sitters within that catalogue of misses — nothing toe-curling or likely to do a million views on YouTube — but his profligacy allowed Dortmund to escape with a 2-1 win.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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To escape Earth’s energy crunch, SpaceX is taking AI to orbit, where near-constant solar energy replaces Earth’s strained power grids.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
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Canadians shunned American products in response to new tariffs.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
7 Feb. 2026
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Followers like Amresh Chawla say they are drawn to the group’s tenets of vegetarianism and strict moral code, specifically the mandate to shun intoxicants.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Payton does not regret going for it on fourth-and-1 in the second quarter of the AFC Championship Game, eschewing a chip shot field goal.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
8 Feb. 2026
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Rico Ace, another Liverpool MC featured on a number of songs with Esdeekid, came out second, somewhat eschewing the typical opener-to-headliner sequence, and a testament to the rapper’s commitment to putting the people around him on.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2026
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In recent editions, the rosters were drafted by James, Durant and Antetokounmpo in an attempt to shake things up.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2026
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Jothan saw us and shook our hands, as did Michael Ray, but Sun Ra scuffled by with an air of depthless blankness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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Today’s staged raid reinforces our conviction that this investigation distorts French law, circumvents due process, and endangers free speech.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2026
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Hanging over Leonard’s All-Star selection is the ongoing league investigation related to the Aspiration situation, in which Leonard and the Clippers are accused of circumventing the NBA’s salary-cap rules.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Outflank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outflank. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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