Examples of outflank in a Sentence
The army outflanked the enemy.
trying to outflank the competition
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For Iran, Hezbollah was supposed to be the cornerstone of its strategy to outflank superior adversaries, such as Israel, with armed proxies.
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Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
Russia is providing ever more political support to Haftar and could easily outflank Western policymakers by recognizing him and his allies in the House of Representatives as Libya’s legitimate government.
—Jason Pack, Foreign Affairs, 10 Jan. 2017
But days earlier, before flying into Washington, Mr. Altman was on the phone with Mr. Trump, preparing an announcement that would outflank Mr. Musk and put Mr. Altman’s company at the center of the new administration’s agenda for artificial intelligence.
—Cecilia Kang, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
To the extent that the United States attempts to deny technologies to China, the only sustainable approach involves working with allies and other countries so that the United States is not outflanked by China and lose technology leadership in the rest of the world.
—Scott Kennedy, Foreign Affairs, 26 Nov. 2024
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Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
Russia is providing ever more political support to Haftar and could easily outflank Western policymakers by recognizing him and his allies in the House of Representatives as Libya’s legitimate government.
—Jason Pack, Foreign Affairs, 10 Jan. 2017
But days earlier, before flying into Washington, Mr. Altman was on the phone with Mr. Trump, preparing an announcement that would outflank Mr. Musk and put Mr. Altman’s company at the center of the new administration’s agenda for artificial intelligence.
—Cecilia Kang, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
To the extent that the United States attempts to deny technologies to China, the only sustainable approach involves working with allies and other countries so that the United States is not outflanked by China and lose technology leadership in the rest of the world.
—Scott Kennedy, Foreign Affairs, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Outflank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outflank. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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outflank
verb
out·flank
(ˈ)au̇t-ˈflaŋk 
: to get around the side of (a military formation)
outflank the enemy
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