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The gangs are much more dangerous for retailers and for customers shopping in stores, the problem is that while store security and associates can take individual shoplifters to task, they are not able to do much against gangs as they are outnumbered. – Neil Saunders	Found on CNN 3 years ago
They've got to want to fight, they have outnumbered the Taliban. – President Biden	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
If a third of her Instagram followers see her posts... then all of those people are going to think that, if just a fraction of them share it on their social media pages, then think of how many millions and millions and millions of people are seeing this information and perceiving it as true. We are greatly outnumbered. – Blake Flayton	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I was that heavily outnumbered blonde girl fighting for Donald Trump. – Kayleigh McEnany	Found on CNN 4 years ago
You can take a situation where in the early stages we could be extremely outnumbered and by adding this capability and to be able to shape that battle space, that's an enormous equalizer and that could allow more( Victorino Mercado) forces to flow in, we can create areas for the enemy to avoid. – Victorino Mercado	Found on CNN 4 years ago
There were only three stalls selling cheese and four selling hot cheese-related food, far from adequate for a cheese festival. There were other stalls selling other things but the fact that these outnumbered the cheese stalls was ridiculous. – Corrinne Lowry	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
The Outnumbered panel will vote today to reopen the government, in a few hours, the government will reopen. – Chuck Schumer	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
You can still do security and you can be nice. But when they start throwing stones and rolling propane bombs at you, it is not being nice anymore, we are outnumbered thousands to one. The law enforcement is outnumbered hundreds to one. It is a small law enforcement [presence] here and they are tapped out, these protesters are taking away other officers from their community. The locals are tired, their livestock is missing. This has been going on for months. – James Reese	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Obviously, not everyone who shops at Urban Outfitters is a committed leftist. Simply by offering a few pro-Trump items, even if they’re outnumbered by anti-Trump items ten-to-one, would shield Urban Outfitters from criticism and potential boycotts, political campaigns come and go, but alienating large portions of the public can haunt you for decades. – Scott Pinsker	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It kind of reminds you that that dips--t terrorist is vastly outnumbered. – John Oliver	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The way for conservatives to make an impact is to coalesce and stick together, we know we are outnumbered. I look forward to working with the next speaker to continue moving Republican Conference a little further to the right. – Mick Mulvaney	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
He cares for his family with such love and patience … and truly prefers to do it all himself, but obviously he’s outnumbered and needs help. – Sally Cohen	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
They were not outnumbered. In fact, they vastly outnumbered the opposing force, and yet they failed to fight. – Prime Minister al-Abadi	Found on CNN 9 years ago
What apparently happened was that the Iraqi forces just showed no will to fight, they were not outnumbered. In fact, they vastly outnumbered the opposing force, and yet they failed to fight. – Secretary Ash Carter	Found on CNN 9 years ago
What apparently happened was that the Iraqi forces just showed no will to fight, they were not outnumbered. In fact, they vastly outnumbered the opposing force, and yet they failed to fight, they withdrew from the site, and that says to me, and I think to most of us, that we have an issue with the will of the Iraqis to fight ISIL and defend themselves. – Defense Secretary Ash Carter	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Some U.S. state flags have great designs, but they are far outnumbered by the terrible ones, in fact, nearly half of our state flags sport a seal on a blue field -- as a result, they are indistinguishable from one another at a distance. – Ted Kaye	Found on CNN 9 years ago
As people of faith, we're never discouraged, it was very refreshing to see our interfaith allies outnumbered the protesters. – Imad Enchassi	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
You're outnumbered, you're outstaffed, you're outspent. The only way you can do your job is to be creative. – James Corcoran	Found on Reuters 10 years ago

The gangs are much more dangerous for retailers and for customers shopping in stores, the problem is that while store security and associates can take individual shoplifters to task, they are not able to do much against gangs as they are outnumbered.

– Neil Saunders

Found on CNN
3 years ago

They've got to want to fight, they have outnumbered the Taliban.

– President Biden

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

If a third of her Instagram followers see her posts... then all of those people are going to think that, if just a fraction of them share it on their social media pages, then think of how many millions and millions and millions of people are seeing this information and perceiving it as true. We are greatly outnumbered.

– Blake Flayton

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I was that heavily outnumbered blonde girl fighting for Donald Trump.

– Kayleigh McEnany

Found on CNN
4 years ago

You can take a situation where in the early stages we could be extremely outnumbered and by adding this capability and to be able to shape that battle space, that's an enormous equalizer and that could allow more( Victorino Mercado) forces to flow in, we can create areas for the enemy to avoid.

– Victorino Mercado

Found on CNN
4 years ago

There were only three stalls selling cheese and four selling hot cheese-related food, far from adequate for a cheese festival. There were other stalls selling other things but the fact that these outnumbered the cheese stalls was ridiculous.

– Corrinne Lowry

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The Outnumbered panel will vote today to reopen the government, in a few hours, the government will reopen.

– Chuck Schumer

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

You can still do security and you can be nice. But when they start throwing stones and rolling propane bombs at you, it is not being nice anymore, we are outnumbered thousands to one. The law enforcement is outnumbered hundreds to one. It is a small law enforcement [presence] here and they are tapped out, these protesters are taking away other officers from their community. The locals are tired, their livestock is missing. This has been going on for months.

– James Reese

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Obviously, not everyone who shops at Urban Outfitters is a committed leftist. Simply by offering a few pro-Trump items, even if they’re outnumbered by anti-Trump items ten-to-one, would shield Urban Outfitters from criticism and potential boycotts, political campaigns come and go, but alienating large portions of the public can haunt you for decades.

– Scott Pinsker

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

It kind of reminds you that that dips--t terrorist is vastly outnumbered.

– John Oliver

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The way for conservatives to make an impact is to coalesce and stick together, we know we are outnumbered. I look forward to working with the next speaker to continue moving Republican Conference a little further to the right.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

He cares for his family with such love and patience … and truly prefers to do it all himself, but obviously he’s outnumbered and needs help.

– Sally Cohen

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

They were not outnumbered. In fact, they vastly outnumbered the opposing force, and yet they failed to fight.

– Prime Minister al-Abadi

Found on CNN
9 years ago

What apparently happened was that the Iraqi forces just showed no will to fight, they were not outnumbered. In fact, they vastly outnumbered the opposing force, and yet they failed to fight.

– Secretary Ash Carter

Found on CNN
9 years ago

What apparently happened was that the Iraqi forces just showed no will to fight, they were not outnumbered. In fact, they vastly outnumbered the opposing force, and yet they failed to fight, they withdrew from the site, and that says to me, and I think to most of us, that we have an issue with the will of the Iraqis to fight ISIL and defend themselves.

– Defense Secretary Ash Carter

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Some U.S. state flags have great designs, but they are far outnumbered by the terrible ones, in fact, nearly half of our state flags sport a seal on a blue field -- as a result, they are indistinguishable from one another at a distance.

– Ted Kaye

Found on CNN
9 years ago

As people of faith, we're never discouraged, it was very refreshing to see our interfaith allies outnumbered the protesters.

– Imad Enchassi

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

You're outnumbered, you're outstaffed, you're outspent. The only way you can do your job is to be creative.

– James Corcoran

Found on Reuters
10 years ago

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