as in defeating
to get the better of through cleverness
an overly confident con man who thought that he could outslick anyone, even the local Mob leader
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The Chargers got off to a hot start to the season in year two under Jim Harbaugh by defeating the Chiefs 27-21 in the NFL season opener.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
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Jovic lifted the trophy by defeating Colombia’s Emiliana Arango 6-4, 6-1 in Sunday’s final of the WTA 500 tournament in Zapopan, Mexico.—
Manasi Pathak,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The honeymoon phase can be deceiving.—
Essence,
Essence,
12 Sep. 2025
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Share your horror at learning that this person is deceiving family members and basically stealing from them.—
Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
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The cyanobacteria quickly grew back, thwarting efforts that cost tens of thousands of dollars.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to designate Marilyn Monroe’s former Westside home as a historic cultural monument, thwarting the current owners’ attempt to demolish it.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
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The movie adaptation is also rife with metaphors about boys becoming men and overcoming life-or-death circumstances to make it out the other side.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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But in reality, deepfakes are getting better and the threat industry has many years of experience in honing lures to trick people, playing on emotions and overcoming natural suspicions and objections.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Ben Shapiro, Pete Buttigieg, Michael Knowles, Alex O’Connor—these are professional debaters capable of outwitting and outreasoning almost any audience member unfamiliar with traditional debate techniques, regardless of the topic or claim being considered.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
8 Aug. 2025
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Stop fooling yourself and listen.—
Richard B. Williams,
Denver Post,
10 Sep. 2025
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And tech companies must do far more in the design of AI systems to prevent people fooling themselves into thinking these systems are conscious beings.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
26 Aug. 2025
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The motion was withdrawn after a significant public and judicial backlash, an episode that solidified her image as a guardian of institutional integrity against an overreaching executive.—
Sugam Pokharel,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Early Americans thus saw jury service not merely as a procedural safeguard against overreaching government authority, but as a way to distribute the power granted by the Constitution, ensuring that ordinary citizens played an important role.—
Richard Lorren Jolly,
The Conversation,
5 Sep. 2025
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Relay is a smart, small-scale espionage film focused on operatives outmaneuvering one another.—
Scott Phillips,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Outslicking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outslicking. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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