Examples of outrun in a Sentence
The rabbit had no chance of outrunning the dogs.
His motorcycle could outrun any car on the road.
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Horses and humans are in a cresty neck-and-neck race toward a structural failure that no pharmaceutical intervention can outrun.
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Joshua Moen, STAT, 8 June 2026
Genetic adaptations have continued in response to dietary shifts, but the pace of cultural dietary change has now far outrun the pace of genomic adaptation.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
Then Pulisic outran the defense and buried a goal off a pass from Ricardo Pepi.
—Tim Rohan, NBC news, 1 June 2026
For the next few quarters, the first trend is going to outrun the second.
—Rob Collie, Fortune, 29 May 2026
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Joshua Moen, STAT, 8 June 2026
Genetic adaptations have continued in response to dietary shifts, but the pace of cultural dietary change has now far outrun the pace of genomic adaptation.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
Then Pulisic outran the defense and buried a goal off a pass from Ricardo Pepi.
—Tim Rohan, NBC news, 1 June 2026
For the next few quarters, the first trend is going to outrun the second.
—Rob Collie, Fortune, 29 May 2026
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“Outrun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outrun. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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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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