outmanoeuvred

From my position of total ignorance on the topic, I can imagine that Mr Tsvangirai could have"outmanoeuvred" Mr Mugabe by getting the leaders of surrounding states to covertly support a civil war of the sort that brought Mr Mugabe himself to power.

The BBC, Zimbabwe and some disturbing reporting 2008

Republicans said today that AIG has 'outmanoeuvred' the Obama government and now has taxpayers 'over a barrel'.

Home | Mail Online 2010

But the regime's counterattack has outmanoeuvred the poorly disciplined and ill-trained rebels who barely made a stand at Brega before fleeing toward Ajdabiya.

Libya: blow to Gaddafi as foreign minister defects to UK 2011

Elop used his emotive language to illustrate that Nokia was being outmanoeuvred by Google's Android operating system and Apple's iPhone.

In brand value, things go worse for Coke 2011

If he sees that you can be so easily outmanoeuvred, he will not hold you in high esteem, Lacy said helpfully.

Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

If he sees that you can be so easily outmanoeuvred, he will not hold you in high esteem, Lacy said helpfully.

Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

And Paul Marshall, the founder of hedge fund Marshall Wace and a Liberal Democrats donor reckoned Cameron had lost to an old adversary:We allowed ourselves to be totally outmanoeuvred by the French – again.

Eurozone crisis: stock markets slide as summit optimism wanes - 12 December 2011 2011

Their players were not only outmuscled, as they were against South Africa in the autumn, but they were tactically outmanoeuvred too.

Ireland 24-8 England | Six Nations match report 2011

I knew that Seth had been outmanoeuvred and his fate sealed.

The battle of the sexes « Anglican Samizdat 2010

The centre of defence is a case in point: John Terry and Branislav Ivanovic looked slow, weak and jittery as Grant Holt outmuscled and even outmanoeuvred them at Stamford Bridge, just as Alex had been bullied off the ball by Shane Long for West Bromwich's goal the previous week.

Chelsea in need of rejuvenation despite flattering defeat of Norwich 2011