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Word: outshooting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Spotty passing helped Adams command the floor long enough to outshoot Leverett's Bunnies by 37 to 24. Nanoff of Adams and Seagar of Leverett each hooked in nine points. After momentarily tying the Gold Coasters at mid-game, the Bunnies faded in the final half...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 4 Games Launch Intra Hoop Season | 12/12/1947 | See Source »

...revenooer," a deputy marshal and McMinn County's sheriff, Burkett Ivins had never been slow on the draw. He had killed seven men-all, it was decided, justifiably. Old Burkett was proud of his pistol prowess; no one in sight of his one good eye was going to outshoot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TENNESEE: Booby Trap | 10/13/1947 | See Source »

...much younger), or walked up & down Aiea Mountain, or hiked seven miles to a beach for a three-mile swim. The only man who could outwalk his chief was Spruance, chief of staff and Deputy CinCPac. On a private pistol range set up beside the building, Nimitz could outshoot most visiting marksmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: A Question of Balance | 2/26/1945 | See Source »

...most amazing turnabout of an unpredictable season, the Crimson basketball team, trailing 32 to 19 at the half and looking for all the world like a dying dog, returned in an indescribably explosive second half to outscrap, outshoot, and outplay an unbelieving Pennsylvania quintet, winning 57 to 56 at the Indoor Athletic Building last night...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: HECTIC SECOND HALF SPURT BRINGS CRIMSON 57-56 VICTORY OVER PENN | 2/25/1943 | See Source »

...production the U.S. is slowly becoming aware of the eternal air warfare between two kinds of engineers. Design engineers want to make planes that will outfly and outshoot anything in the air. Production engineers struggle to put out more planes than the enemy. The designer wants production stopped any time he has a better design. The production man wants to keep on turning them out, hates to change designs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIR: The Best Airplane | 6/22/1942 | See Source »

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