overtake

Former boss Howard Schultz once expected Starbucks China to overtake the U.S. operation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Aimée thinks that Millennials in particular have so much nostalgia for catalogs because they were the generation that witnessed e-commerce overtake mail order.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

He will leave Wimbledon at worst 63rd in the rankings and will overtake Jan Choinski to become the new British number two.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

It won’t take much for SpaceX to overtake it.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

Mr. G—ing would look about him and w ould proclaim the joyous equality of all, the liberty that would soon overtake us.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

By spending 19 non-consecutive weeks at the top of the UK singles chart, it overtakes the record set by American crooner Frankie Laine with his track I Believe, in 1953.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

See more: SpaceX overtakes Amazon to become fifth-largest company in the world.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

But when market speculation overtakes a stock’s actual fundamentals, the risks of a sharp—and painful—stock reversal become even greater.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 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

He raises skeptical eyebrows and starts to say something, but a coughing fit overtakes him until he’s hunched over and thumping his heart with his fist.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

At times, the music overtook the gallery, completely captivating the attention of the room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Apple’s market capitalization during Friday trading, when it briefly overtook Nvidia to become the world’s most valuable company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

This summer the 27-year-old captain overtook Olivier Giroud as France's all-time leading goalscorer, and now has 64 in 104 games.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Last term, when there were both more cases and more referrals to the full court, the appeals to the shadow docket finally overtook those to the merits docket.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

I didn’t say anything and silence overtook us.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez

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

The Lovell Telescope has been overtaken in size by larger radio telescopes, but has continuously been modernised and remains key to the UK's radio astronomy capability.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Now it has been overtaken globally by China’s BYD—which began, duh, as a battery company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 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

It took split-seconds for Weston to come to his senses, and those split-seconds meant everything, for Gloria could not be overtaken.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

The couple's car collided with an oncoming truck while overtaking another vehicle on Monday afternoon, said Nicolas Leclainche, the deputy public prosecutor in Niort in the Deux-Sevres department.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Nvidia, as the chipmaker at the center of the AI boom, had held the No. 1 spot for over a year after overtaking Apple in May 2025.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

Asics’s has grown to 26 times, overtaking Nike’s earlier this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

The sector now makes up 30 percent of all Mexican products shipped to the United States, overtaking the automotive industry as the largest component of exports.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 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