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outmaneuvering

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Present participle of outmaneuver

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Some parliamentarians are looking to add to that tally.MEPs are in a confident mood after outmaneuvering the European Council earlier this summer to secure the appointment of Jean-Claude Juncker (pictured) as president of the commission.

For more than three months (June 17 September 30 , 1877, Chief Joseph led his followers on a retreat of about 1,600 1,700 miles (2,575 2,735 km) across Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana, outmaneuvering the pursuing troops, which outnumbered Joseph's warriors by a ratio of at least ten to one, and several times defeating them in actual combat.

He succeeded in avoiding the K.G.B. and in outmaneuvering the Soviet Navy around a pod of gray whales.

At present, the Moonies are outmaneuvering the town in court.

Schwarzenegger, of course, won world championships by outmaneuvering his opponents.

So he arranged to bring his boxes over around six. Something about his jubilant efficiency made me suspect that he was outmaneuvering his wife, whisking his possessions out from under her nose before she could lay claim to anything.

But outmaneuvering his political opponents is not the same thing as achieving a country that, as he said last week, "values fairness".

Addington has proved deft at outmaneuvering his critics.

Circling, narrowly missing a spot, outmaneuvering other motorists to finally ease into a space only to discover that it is off limits during working hours.

In the next rankings, he will be No. 12. Adams is an excellent strategist, often patiently outmaneuvering his opponents.

Thus far, the president and the Democrats are outmaneuvering the Republicans in the messaging war, but that will be of cold comfort if the Republican hotheads prevail.

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