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How to use outflanked in a sentence

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By the end of July, the forces of the three fronts outflanked the Orel force grouping of the enemy in the north, east and south.
On 7 March, Van Dorn completely outflanked Curtis's army and attacked in two columns, cutting the Federal line of communications.
But finding his army outflanked by Cromwell, he moved south in August, making for the old royalist strongholds of Wales and the west midlands.
After Grant outflanked the Confederates and encircled Vicksburg, they stood him off for weeks.
He has so far cleverly outwitted and outflanked this attempt to marginalize him on the political stage.
He demurs, is outflanked and outvoted and finally gives grudging agreement to the match.
The utter inflexibility of the negotiators when they got their chance to state their demands allowed them to be politically outflanked.
But as France on Friday expertly outflanked the British on agriculture reform, to protect its subsidised farming sector, there is no saying it will not do so again on fish.
One such coalition in Oxford resulted in them being outflanked on the left by New Labour after the predictable round of compromises made because of budgetary restraints.
Late in November 1950, they attacked the weaker South Korean units, drove them back, and partially outflanked the neighboring and suddenly vulnerable U.N. troops.
Those at the top attempted an outflanking movement, but were themselves outflanked by Roman cavalry.
The 35th Division reached the fringe of Houthulst Forest but was outflanked and pushed back in places.
The remaining two brigades under a Baratieri were outflanked and destroyed piecemeal on the slopes of Mount Belah.
Poor Barrell's regiment were sorely pressed by those desperadoes and outflanked.
The Japanese 18th Division was repeatedly outflanked by the Marauders and threatened with encirclement.
German tanks outflanked the Maginot Line and pushed deep into France.
However, early on Tuesday morning, the flames jumped over the Fleet and outflanked them, driven by the unabated easterly gale, forcing them to run for it.
Examples from Classical Literature
The Vietnam War is a grim reminder of the political nature of conflict and how our power was once outflanked.
Once the flames crept forward so swiftly on my right as I ran that I was outflanked and had to strike off to the left.
According to the military sources, militants are being outflanked as several of their hideouts have been obliterated.
All the outflanked pegs now become that player's possession and are flipped over to show the corresponding color.
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