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The rabbit had no chance of outrunning the dogs.
His motorcycle could outrun any car on the road.
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Was his escape to Overcomer a bid to outrun someone else, or simply his own past?
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Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024
The simple life turns out to be anything but simple in this brilliantly observed tragicomedy, as the consequences of Strings’ success and mind-bending effects of his fame prove all but impossible to outrun.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2024
Caveat: Metro Atlanta unemployment is low, inflation is dropping and the U.S. economy is outrunning every other major democracy's, according to the Wall Street Journal.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
The series habitually outruns its own story, an ouroboros that moves forward only to find itself back on the beach in Italy.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
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Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024
The simple life turns out to be anything but simple in this brilliantly observed tragicomedy, as the consequences of Strings’ success and mind-bending effects of his fame prove all but impossible to outrun.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2024
Caveat: Metro Atlanta unemployment is low, inflation is dropping and the U.S. economy is outrunning every other major democracy's, according to the Wall Street Journal.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
The series habitually outruns its own story, an ouroboros that moves forward only to find itself back on the beach in Italy.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Outrun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outrun. Accessed 30 Nov. 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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