overtake

Thanks in part to boffo sales of the Telluride—built in West Point, Ga.—Hyundai Motor Group is on course to overtake Ford as the third bestselling automaker in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

The automaker has been poised to overtake General Motors in U.S. sales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The press secretary, who previously lived in China, recalled in an interview that the perception in 2016 was that China would soon overtake the United States.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The FIA system automatically disables overtake mode when there is a red flag.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

He was much too late to overtake the filly or Professor Paul, but his rally carried him to fourth place, just four lengths behind Myrdewood, who had broken the track record.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Statistics show that the years of refuelling from 1994-2009 had the least amount of on-track overtakes in history.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

I do not think Qualcomm overtakes Nvidia on raw AI performance — but it does not have to.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

“I speculate it will be a while—if ever—before Amazon overtakes Walmart in retailing,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

The rich warm chocolate overtakes my mouth, erases my mind, spinning me into a state of transcendence.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

China overtook Japan as the world’s top auto exporter in 2023 by shipping inexpensive cars to Russia after Western producers pulled out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The Cybertruck-maker faces intense competition from Chinese carmakers like BYD, which overtook Tesla as the world's biggest EV maker in January.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

There was a sense of freedom that overtook some of his angry feelings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Further down, Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto and Paris overtook Los Angeles, which dropped two places to 12th.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Reynie was halfway up the rise when Kate overtook him and caught his arm in an iron grip.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

In that time 14 countries have overtaken Brazil in per capita GDP, including the Dominican Republic, Guyana and Thailand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

"If fitness has overtaken your daily joy sources, then it's likely a problem has developed," she added.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

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

He was close enough for me to see the red flush that had overtaken his face, but he hadn’t seen me.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

CXMT, once China’s most valuable listed company, overtaking Tencent, has lost more than 10% of its market value since its trading debut in July.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 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

Based on his observations thus far, Spasojevic believes the burros could play an important role in the local ecosystem by grazing on non-native grasses and preventing them from overtaking native plants.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

The idea of overtaking Slytherin in the House Championship was wonderful, no one had done it for seven years, but would they be allowed to, with such a biased referee?

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling