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Recent Examples of outflank
Labour has been outflanked on the Left by the Lib Dems, who have pledged an additional £27 billion in spending for health and public services, funded by a rise in CGT and various levies.
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The Week Uk, theweek, 29 June 2024
Sunak is especially vulnerable to the success of the Reform Party – a right-wing group attempting to outflank him on immigration – and the Liberal Democrats, a centrist, pro-European group who have chipped away at Conservative support in affluent, southern parts of England.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 23 May 2024
Listen to this article Democrat Tom Suozzi is focusing on the crisis at the southern border in an unusual effort to outflank Republican Mazi Melesa Pilip in their Feb. 13 special election battle for the Long Island congressional seat previously held by disgraced ex-Rep. George Santos.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2024
The United States should also try to outflank its rivals by thinking strategically about where revisionists could mobilize support for an alternative and more illiberal international order in the future.
—Stacie E. Goddard, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2022
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The Week Uk, theweek, 29 June 2024
Sunak is especially vulnerable to the success of the Reform Party – a right-wing group attempting to outflank him on immigration – and the Liberal Democrats, a centrist, pro-European group who have chipped away at Conservative support in affluent, southern parts of England.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 23 May 2024
Listen to this article Democrat Tom Suozzi is focusing on the crisis at the southern border in an unusual effort to outflank Republican Mazi Melesa Pilip in their Feb. 13 special election battle for the Long Island congressional seat previously held by disgraced ex-Rep. George Santos.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2024
The United States should also try to outflank its rivals by thinking strategically about where revisionists could mobilize support for an alternative and more illiberal international order in the future.
—Stacie E. Goddard, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outflank
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Hezbollah fighters have been using pagers as a low-tech means of communication in an attempt to evade Israeli location-tracking, two sources familiar with the group’s operations told Reuters this year.Reuters, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
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El Monte police said that charges of kidnapping and felony evading would be submitted to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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These things make Istanbul a great place to get high-quality hair transplants at low prices, but patients need to be careful to avoid secret risks.Ethan Stone, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
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But the only surefire way to avoid sickness from airplane food is not to eat it.Justin Klawans, theweek, 19 Nov. 2024
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Physical evidence that ice sheets covered the interior of continents in warm equatorial regions had eluded scientists – until now.Liam Courtney-Davies, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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Their reproductive organs have eluded researchers in countless dissections, and observing their mating behavior was impossible—until recently.Scott Travers, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Firefighters rescued one person who was trapped and assisted others in escaping the building.Doha Madani, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Parents can breathe a sigh of relief at an easy transition away from the pool to escape the sun for a few moments, while also receiving an impressive education on Southern California’s wild birds.Margaux Lushing, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, Eric’s sister Ivanka, who once ran a fashion and branding empire of her own, has shunned the spotlight entirely in the last four years.Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates had shunned Lebanon since 2021 because of Iranian interference in the country’s politics and Hezbollah’s powerful role.Kim Ghattas, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2024
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In Sister Deborah, real liberation lies in eschewing conformity to any dogma, even the Bible.Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2024
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Policymakers continued to eschew any effort to address structural forces driving Black poverty.Ben Zdencanovic, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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When God appeared to Moses on the mountain to send him to powerful and evil Pharoah to set God’s people free, Moses shook with fear.Walt Shelton, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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The country is shaking off its communist funk, much like its neighbors Romania and Bulgaria.Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Despite their 53-47 Senate majority, Republicans are unlikely to muster up the votes to circumvent the filibuster.Ivana Saric, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
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China has treated the war in Ukraine as an opportunity to gain operational and technological insights, reverse engineer U.S. weapons recovered from the battlefield, and find ways to circumvent Western economic sanctions.Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
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