overtaken
Example Sentences
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Messi could have overtaken the Real Madrid forward with a hat-trick in the World Cup final on Sunday.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Ten years after the fall of Troy, Odysseus still hasn’t returned home to Ithaca, and his kingdom has been overtaken by suitors crudely courting his wife’s hand.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
The room is overtaken with projections, scenes of bustling New York traffic paired with bachelor-pad-like guitar riffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Plans for celebrating the United States's 250th anniversary on Saturday have been quickly overtaken by storm preparations, with both Guam and the Northern Marianas declaring a state of emergency.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
It could simply be that a meaningless whim had suddenly overtaken me at that moment—but that is hardly a convincing way to account for such distinctly odd behaviour.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
