overmatched

past tense of overmatch

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Verb
  • Things happened—or didn’t happen—depending on who had the ear of the president at any moment and who had mastered the dark arts of bureaucratic warfare.
    Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
  • And Valverde has mastered this facet of the game, with five of his six goals this season coming from shots from outside the penalty area — the most by any player in Europe’s top five domestic leagues.
    Mario Cortegana, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The Rams were four days removed from defeating the Las Vegas Raiders, and the Vikings were four days removed from a 31-29 loss to the Lions, who have left opponents beat up throughout the season.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The possibility that Trump follows through on his bitcoin reserve plans has spurred huge bitcoin price predictions from bitcoin traders and investors—with a leak revealing Russia may beat the U.S. to creating a bitcoin reserve.
    Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Scarlett Johansson has conquered the superhero franchise, been nominated for several prestigious awards and years ago made her way into Saturday Night Live’s prestigious Five-Timers Club.
    Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
  • By contrast, Xinjiang was conquered in the mid-18th century by the Qing dynasty (around the same time the British were marching on India) and then claimed by the current People’s Republic of China after its formation in 1949.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Overmatched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overmatched. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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