overtake
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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
The inclusion of a sprint event in Monaco will inevitably raise eyebrows, given it is almost impossible to overtake around the historic street circuit.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Is there a chance someone might overtake it, if only for a moment?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Former boss Howard Schultz once expected Starbucks China to overtake the U.S. operation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The bees threatened to overtake my mind again, their wings beating quickly.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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I do not think Qualcomm overtakes Nvidia on raw AI performance — but it does not have to.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 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
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
“Yes, it is beautiful to look at. Remember that when the ugliness overtakes you,” Afi told her.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
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Despite gaining an early lead with ChatGPT, rival Anthropic overtook OpenAI in second-quarter revenue.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Further down, Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto and Paris overtook Los Angeles, which dropped two places to 12th.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
Tomkins, whose vehicle was not involved in the collision, overtook Ahmed at 78mph shortly before the crash, prosecutors say.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
At times, the music overtook the gallery, completely captivating the attention of the room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
She felt it rise and rise until the joy of it overtook the quiet of the tree.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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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
Six months into the war, the supply crunch for diesel, jet fuel and gasoline has overtaken upheaval in the crude-oil market as the energy industry’s primary concern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
“Natural gas has also overtaken oil as the primary inflation concern for European bond traders,” Danske Bank’s Jesper Fjarstedt says in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
We had gone no farther than half a league when we were overtaken by the man who had given the warning.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
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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
Pickford became England's highest appearance maker at World Cups, overtaking Peter Shilton when he started in England's 2026 quarter-final win over Norway.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Why pick the worst track on the calendar for overtaking to have two races in one weekend, some have wondered.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
With overtaking so difficult in Madrid, it was always likely that one option would turn out to be sub-optimal.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
He then marched on Mark Antony’s camp at Actium, overtaking his troops, seizing his equipment, and scattering his allies.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
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