overtake
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The inclusion of a sprint event in Monaco will inevitably raise eyebrows, given it is almost impossible to overtake around the historic street circuit.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Is there a chance someone might overtake it, if only for a moment?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Now, Pogacar is in prime position to overtake all of them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Aimée thinks that Millennials in particular have so much nostalgia for catalogs because they were the generation that witnessed e-commerce overtake mail order.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
If I made it a chase, he would easily overtake me.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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I do not think Qualcomm overtakes Nvidia on raw AI performance — but it does not have to.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 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
"I think you're going to get a lot of overtakes."
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
That overtakes Canada, where U.S. exports totaled $336.5 billion or 15.4% of the total.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
He raises skeptical eyebrows and starts to say something, but a coughing fit overtakes him until he’s hunched over and thumping his heart with his fist.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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Despite gaining an early lead with ChatGPT, rival Anthropic overtook OpenAI in second-quarter revenue.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Further down, Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto and Paris overtook Los Angeles, which dropped two places to 12th.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
All I Want for Christmas Is You eventually overtook that, thanks to its habit of returning to the charts every December.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
In 2021, China overtook the U.S. as the world’s top blueberry grower, and by 2025 its annual production was double what it was in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Even today, I’m puzzled by the sheer force of the emotion that overtook me when I heard Moira say this.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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Events have overtaken the book in that regard, as Mr. Valensi announced a “temporary break” from the band as it tours this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 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
Sales of its namesake brand peaked in 1970, the heyday of the Beetle and the Bus, before it was overtaken by Japanese rivals that proved better at adapting to evolving American tastes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The court heard that as the police officers tended to the taxi driver, a motorist who had been driving behind the police car when they were both overtaken by the BMW arrived on the scene.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Or had some disaster overtaken Hazel and the rest?
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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The 2026 Latinobarometro survey showed that China overtaking the United States in terms of influence for the first time since the annual survey began in 1995.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
He was unable to shake Verstappen, who was always about 0.5secs behind but never quite close enough to try a move into Turn One, the only significant overtaking place.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The Baku street circuit has a long straight that affords good overtaking possibilities and has a reputation for producing incident-packed races.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Drivers pointed out the lack of overtaking opportunities on the new Madring, with Williams' Alex Albon claiming the race was "pretty boring" and Audi's Gabriel Bortoleto saying he "almost fell asleep".
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
She sank to the ground and sobbed, a storm overtaking her.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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