overtaken
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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
Now all of that has been overtaken by his sudden and shocking death.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
It was overtaken by “Spider-Man: Brand New Day‘s” $360 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 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
And then someone would start talking, someone else would chime in, and the quiet of the barn would gradually be overtaken by conversations like these.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
