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outcompeting

verb

present participle of outcompete

as in defeating

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Fernandes points out the prevalence of tactical voting — when voters abandon their preferred candidate for one with a better chance of winning or defeating a rival — as an explanation for the first-round surprise in early October.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
Eisenkot argued that Israel needed to concentrate its military resources on defeating Hamas in the south before embarking on another major conflict.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Oct. 2026

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Marsh argued conquering the global market means knowing differences between international markets.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
Before conquering Hollywood, Ali played Division I basketball (standing at six feet four) and released rap albums under the name Prince Ali.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026

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Rounds is trouncing independent candidate Brian Bengs 57% to 36% in the deep-red state, according to a new poll conducted in mid-October by Quantus Insights.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026
The James Franklin era at Virginia Tech got off to an emphatic start on Saturday with the Hokies trouncing VMI by a count of 73-3.

— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026

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The school's head teacher, Krzysztof Ochmanski, was injured while subduing the teenager, officials said.

— James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
The handful of Israeli passengers grappled with the copilot for several minutes before subduing him and binding his hands with the cord from a set of headphones.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026

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Niners are going from clobbering the preseason Super Bowl favorite to facing a team jousting with Cleveland for consensus worst in the league.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
Corbin instantly had a target in mind, too, clobbering United States Champion and fan favorite Trick Williams upon his return to SmackDown.

— Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

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Fox won the English-language rights in 2011, besting incumbent ESPN with a $425 million bid for two cycles.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 22 Oct. 2026
As the unsuccessful regime-change effort in Iran demonstrated, there are no shortcuts to besting the axis countries, together or individually.

— Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026

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