overtaken
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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
With ticket sales of around $430 million worldwide, it has already overtaken the 1999 supernatural thriller "The Blair Witch Project", which made around $250 million on a full budget of $600,000, according to Nash.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 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
Memory-chip maker SK Hynix 000660 5.61%increase; up pointing triangle has overtaken Samsung 005930 -0.14%decrease; down pointing triangle Electronics to become South Korea’s most valuable company amid the artificial-intelligence-driven chip boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
A little later, Fischer and Lopsang were resting when they were overtaken by Makalu Gau and his two Sherpas, Mingma Tshering and Ngima Gombu.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
