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

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The report draws on official population projections which suggest that next year the number of people aged over 65 will overtake the number of children.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

‘The death from which ye flee will truly overtake you,’ the Koran says.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

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

That is when a fire spreads so suddenly and rapidly that it overtakes personnel or equipment, cutting off escape routes and forcing trapped firefighters to deploy an emergency, last-resort shelter tent.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 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

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

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

In 2023, Luckin overtook Starbucks as China's largest coffee chain.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

For 10 years now — actually, since around the time streaming decisively overtook people’s listening habits — these Beatles releases have made a pretty compelling case for the collectible physical object.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

A coughing fit overtook me and I felt faint.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson

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

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

He has also reached a career high of 33 in the world and overtaken Cameron Norrie to become British number one.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 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 words had, once again, overtaken her; they overpowered her throat, and tumbled out.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

With overtaking difficult around Marina Bay, the field was static until the closing stages.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 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

It occurs to me what the unfamiliar feeling is that’s overtaking me: well-being.

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