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overtake

[oh-ver-tayk] / ˌoʊ vərˈteɪk /


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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

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

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

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

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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