overtake
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The automaker has been poised to overtake General Motors in U.S. sales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The press secretary recalled the perception in 2016 was that China would soon overtake the United States.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Zverev cannot overtake Sinner until 2 November at the earliest.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Is there a chance someone might overtake it, if only for a moment?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Cari ran fast enough to overtake Beto, and she threw her arms around his legs.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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The arrival of Jackson - who overtakes Manzambi to become Villa's record signing - from Chelsea gives Emery a specialist striker to work with.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
See more: SpaceX overtakes Amazon to become fifth-largest company in the world.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
This is what has led two-time champion Fernando Alonso to refer to many overtakes this year as "avoiding actions".
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
But when market speculation overtakes a stock’s actual fundamentals, the risks of a sharp—and painful—stock reversal become even greater.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
Manuel and Paolo are fighting over the meatballs, until Manuel overtakes and shoves them in his mouth.
From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech
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South African Schoeman, then 25, was vying for the lead with Jonny Brownlee on the final run leg and overtook the dehydrated and exhausted Briton with 700m to go in Cozumel, Mexico.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
There was a sense of freedom that overtook some of his angry feelings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
In September, Langley's country smash Choosin' Texas overtook Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You to become the longest-running number one single in US chart history.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Further down, Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto and Paris overtook Los Angeles, which dropped two places to 12th.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
A coughing fit overtook me and I felt faint.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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And after that, the wheels came off for the Australian, and he was overtaken by the end of the year not only by Norris, but also by Verstappen.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
While the Premier League has been innovative in some ways, in others it has been overtaken by other major leagues.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Lately, however, products from Chinese and European rivals have overtaken the Model Y in a number of fundamental metrics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Parents who have watched their children cycle through different hobbies, whether it’s crafting friendship bracelets or concocting homemade slime, will recognize the single-minded fervor that has overtaken the students of Class 203.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Adah’s weak side was overtaken by convulsive trembling, and Rachel seemed to be in a trance.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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The unit's revenue rose more than nine times from a year earlier to $7.6 billion, overtaking the Starlink satellite internet business as the company's largest source of sales.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
On the American side, he argued, the same inflated projections fueled warnings that China’s overtaking was inevitable, fueling a Washington consensus built partly on what he calls a statistical mirage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Musk has spent the majority of the past five years in the top position since first overtaking Bezos in 2021.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Although mostly single carriageway with few overtaking lanes, it is a vital artery of the Northern Ireland road network and has more than 200 side roads connecting to it.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
On the way home, though, his troubles came back like khefts overtaking him on silent wings.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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