as in to exceed
to go beyond the limit of
our expenses have been outrunning our revenues for some months now
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At the final whistle Saturday, the players and coaches on the bench sprinted on to the field as if trying to outrun 10 seasons of mediocrity.
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Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
The black spatula panic was soon outrun by the drone panic, which has Americans scanning the skies for menacing aircraft.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Historians have said that the Edsall sustained previous damage that would prevent it from outrunning any of the Japanese cruisers or battleships.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2024
Those claims, however, are becoming self-sustaining in a way that is in danger of outrunning their practical utility for Republicans, Joshua Blank of the Texas Politics Project (TPP) at The University of Texas at Austin told The Hill.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2024
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Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
The black spatula panic was soon outrun by the drone panic, which has Americans scanning the skies for menacing aircraft.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Historians have said that the Edsall sustained previous damage that would prevent it from outrunning any of the Japanese cruisers or battleships.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2024
Those claims, however, are becoming self-sustaining in a way that is in danger of outrunning their practical utility for Republicans, Joshua Blank of the Texas Politics Project (TPP) at The University of Texas at Austin told The Hill.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Outrun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outrun. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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