Labour, we are told plans to "outflank" Cameron on the EU. From Wordnik.com. [A vast network of influence] Reference
But Germany later invaded by going around ( "outflank") the Maginot Line. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
NOLTE: Well then we'll outflank (UNINTELLIGIBLE) to the river. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 10, 2003] Reference
Failing in this attempt, he was now endeavouring to outflank it. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Enterprise and Adventure Being an Excitement to Reading. for Young People. a New and Condensed Edition.] Reference
Meanwhile the Boers still struggled to outflank our right, and the 13th. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
Eberbach and the main body of the battalion tried to outflank the city. From Wordnik.com. [Panzer Aces]
And the Democrats are essentially trying to outflank the president on both ends. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 17, 2005] Reference
But our generals made us outflank, outmanoeuvre, ambush, disappear and reappear. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
All they wanted to do was close with the enemy or find some way to outflank him. From Wordnik.com. [Advance and Retreat]
But the commander was determined not to abandon his effort to outflank the enemy. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865] Reference
The enemy could easily outflank and surround us, if we did not abandon it in time. From Wordnik.com. [In the Shadow of Death] Reference
They had so few men there that it was an invitation to us to try to outflank them. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts In Russia] Reference
The men on foot will follow and outflank the southrons while you keep them in play. From Wordnik.com. [Advance and Retreat]
Pentagon officials, meanwhile, are trying to outflank McCain's and Graham's efforts. From Wordnik.com. [PERISCOPE] Reference
Thomas had too many men for even Hood to try to outflank him and get up into Kentucky. From Wordnik.com. [Advance and Retreat]
We have not long to wait -- Clements can hold his own; Brabant will outflank the Boers. From Wordnik.com. [Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front] Reference
Individual companies were deployed to outflank this antitank front, but the attempt failed. From Wordnik.com. [Panzer Aces]
General Grant seemed determined to outflank our left, and occupy the road behind us, and as the. From Wordnik.com. [Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army Being a Narrative of Personal Adventures in the Infantry, Ordnance, Cavalry, Courier, and Hospital Services; With an Exhibition of the Power, Purposes, Earnestness, Military Despotism, and Demoralization of the South] Reference
"You took half my men away from me when I was trying to outflank the southrons," Ned exclaimed. From Wordnik.com. [Advance and Retreat]
The Soviets are thrusting towards Lithuania, trying to outflank our armies in Estonia and Latvia. From Wordnik.com. [Stuka Pilot]
But they weren't going forward here, and they weren't going to outflank Hard-Riding Jimmy, either. From Wordnik.com. [Advance and Retreat]
Republicans who support same-sex marriage will keep pushing to outflank the Democrats on the issue. From Wordnik.com. [Carly Fiorina Opposes Same-Sex Marriage With The Help Of Political Cover From Democrats (VIDEO)] Reference
Meccans this gave some of the enemy's cavalry a chance to surround or outflank Mohammed's soldiers. From Wordnik.com. [A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D.] Reference
The bugs, properly understood, are too smart for that: they outflank our defense measures all the time. From Wordnik.com. [E. Coli Alert] Reference
And then their supporting troops could outflank our right, in turn, and it would be caught between two fires!. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts In Russia] Reference
In foreign policy, conservatives feel that somehow they must outflank the government, no matter where this takes them. From Wordnik.com. [Not A Victory In Sight] Reference
Our cavalry was scouting on the flanks, skirmishing with rebel cavalry and searching for a way to outflank Early's army. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865] Reference
The general plan of the battle for the preceding day -- namely, to outflank and turn his left -- was still to be acted on. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-Six Years in the Army] Reference
“All right,” he said, standing behind the table, “I want you to look at this, and see how best we can outflank Carbo.”. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
In the 1950s some Republicans wanted to outflank the Truman administration, and argued for a military rollback of the Soviet Union. From Wordnik.com. [Time to Face Reality on Iran] Reference
General Foster; and while the fighting in front was going on, the manoeuvering of our forces so as to outflank the enemy was begun. From Wordnik.com. [Kinston, Whitehall and Goldsboro (North Carolina) expedition, December, 1862] Reference
Establishing the right at a strong building, Shields extended his left parallel to the road, to outflank the enemy toward the capital. From Wordnik.com. [The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876] Reference
And when these odds threatened to outflank him, he was called by some a coward for retreating and not allowing himself to be captured. From Wordnik.com. [In the Shadow of Death] Reference
"Really," said Morton, with a faint apology for a smile, "it appears that we have to do with tacticians -- they are going to outflank us.". From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
Methuen could not outflank, could not go round, was not strong enough to leave his lines of communication, and had practically no cavalry. From Wordnik.com. [With Rimington] Reference
July 8 -- Russians hold up Austro-German attempt to outflank Warsaw from the southwest; Austrians are compelled to retire north of Krasnik. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915] Reference
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