- past participle of overtake.
overtaken
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Ella Langley's country smash Choosin' Texas has overtaken Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You to become the longest-running number one single in US chart history.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
But the pattern is becoming unmistakable: records that once marked the extreme edge of the UK's climate are being overtaken with remarkable speed.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
“Natural gas has also overtaken oil as the primary inflation concern for European bond traders,” Danske Bank’s Jesper Fjarstedt says in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Several years ago he became increasingly frustrated with the professionalism that has overtaken the larger Southland high schools — he has been outspoken against the constant stream of transfers — so he had an idea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Until recently, when it was overtaken by Mount Denali in Alaska, it was the most murderous mountain in North America.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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