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overtook

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Whatever happened overtook them both within a minute or so of that altitude change request, and they were never heard from again.

On Christmas Day, sometime after dark, a hideous fire overtook the venue: 100 firefighters, 33 fire trucks, a four-alarm blaze.

Half of Egyptians live on less than $2 per day; average incomes in China overtook Egypt long ago.

First California and then Texas overtook New York in population.

A high school vibe overtook the hall: it was a pep rally, complete with its own music video—“Kahana was right,” laments the ditty.

About five miles from Monticello Harry overtook the scouting party, now on their way back to that city.

From the moral nature of man proceeded all the evils that overtook his constitution in consequence of sin.

They had not quite gained the ridge referred to when the danger that Quentin feared overtook them.

They paused for a salmon dinner at Reitz's camp, where the pack train overtook and passed them, then plodded on again.

In the yard a quick step behind her overtook her, and she found herself looking into the flushed, agitated face of the new boy.

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On this page you'll find 24 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to overtook, such as: beat, overwhelm, befall, outstrip, outdo, and outdistance.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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