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1 story matching outrun
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:outrac, outrag, outran, outriv, out, outrank
- The Parson’s Secret Ringer
When a local sexton entered a decrepit, bony carriage horse into a high-stakes town race, nobody expected the old animal to outrun the finest steeds in Snohomish.