overtake

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The press secretary recalled the perception in 2016 was that China would soon overtake the United States.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

When I put it to Meta Glasses' head of product Ankit Brahmbhatt that I thought they might overtake the original camera-enabled glasses in sales, there was a pregnant pause.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Sluis expects direct-to-consumer purchases may eventually overtake wholesale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Cleopatra agreed to make her wealth and resources available to Mark Antony in his bid to overtake Parthia.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby

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

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

This is what has led two-time champion Fernando Alonso to refer to many overtakes this year as "avoiding actions".

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

And Lewis made a great point - in a kart race, you overtake one corner, he overtakes back.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

That overtakes Canada, where U.S. exports totaled $336.5 billion or 15.4% of the total.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

Manuel and Paolo are fighting over the meatballs, until Manuel overtakes and shoves them in his mouth.

From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Despite gaining an early lead with ChatGPT, rival Anthropic overtook OpenAI in second-quarter revenue.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Social media and video networks overtook news organisations' own websites and apps as the main source of online news last year, but are trusted less, the report said.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Once established in New Guinea, the sweet potato overtook taro as the highland’s leading crop, because of its shorter time required to reach maturity, higher yields per acre, and greater tolerance of poor soil conditions.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Events have overtaken the book in that regard, as Mr. Valensi announced a “temporary break” from the band as it tours this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

And after that, the wheels came off for the Australian, and he was overtaken by the end of the year not only by Norris, but also by Verstappen.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 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

“The disaster which had overtaken the army was in full view,” one of his officers will later write.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

The unit's revenue rose more than nine times from a year earlier to $7.6 billion, overtaking the Starlink satellite internet business as the company's largest source of sales.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

On the American side, he argued, the same inflated projections fueled warnings that China’s overtaking was inevitable, fueling a Washington consensus built partly on what he calls a statistical mirage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 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

And now there were more, even more people storming up the front steps, and Harry saw Charlie Weasley overtaking Horace Slughorn, who was still wearing his emerald pajamas.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling