Thesaurus results for OUTRAN

outran

verb

past tense of outrun

as in exceeded

to go beyond the limit of our expenses have been outrunning our revenues for some months now

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Recent Examples of outran Then, two plays later Baugh burst through the line and outran everybody for a 33-yard TD and 27-17 lead. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026 Quarterback Anthony Colandrea outran safety Avery Dixon on a 10-yard touchdown run, diving to the end zone pylon to finish a 75-yard drive on the game's opening series, and then Rule bulled in from the 3 to end a 90-yard march. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026 With one swift cut, Walker bounced outside and outran the defense on a 60-yard touchdown that took all the air out of the Broncos. — Jesse Newell, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Lewis bootlegged right from his own 33 while DeAndre Moore cut left off the line and outran the entire Wildcat secondary and into the clear. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2026 Worthy outran Kader Kohou for a score that got a rise from the fans in attendance. — Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026 In the $200,000 San Clemente Handicap 35-1 longshot Somerset West (Armando Ayuso) outran nine other 3-year-old fillies, including three formidable challengers who shipped in from the east. — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026 Then Pulisic outran the defense and buried a goal off a pass from Ricardo Pepi. — Tim Rohan, NBC news, 1 June 2026 For decades, sales teams often outran product teams. — Lior Weinstein, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026

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Musk's contribution alone also exceeded the Democratic Senate Majority PAC's entire third-quarter fundraising.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
Still, attendance at three of the past four Jaguars games at Wembley exceeded 86,000.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

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Released late last year, the short by writer-director Martin Hemingway-Moseley has surpassed 600k views on YouTube, maintained a 99% approval rating and has a strong following across social platforms.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
In 2023, traffic fatalities (336 in total, including 179 pedestrians) surpassed homicides for the first time in a decade.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

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