He had tried to outflank them.

他曾试图占据上风，战胜他们。

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There is a chance that Kenya has matured enough to outflank both its demons and its politicians.

然而机会犹在，肯尼亚已经足够成熟来智取恶魔们与政客们。

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Thus, these "individuals" outsmart and outflank the high and the mighty, who, one is left to conclude, simply surrender to their superior insight.

因此，这些“个人”在思想和行动上都超越了那些位高权重的人，对于他们我们也只能认为，他们将在更高的智慧面前臣服。

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One is that examining magistrates regularly leak their findings to the press, which has little notion of the concept of sub judice, in order to outflank any attempts by politically supine prosecutors to quash an investigation.

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The ability to outflank terrorist and guerrilla activity in Central America and the Caribbean.

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Razor wire was also strung across the fields beside the bridge to prevent any efforts to outflank the barrier.

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