overtake

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ETFs have long been associated with low-cost passive investing, and the decadeslong rise of follow-the-index strategies—along with tax advantages—has helped them overtake mutual funds as the dominant vehicle for new investment dollars in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Like artificial intelligence and electric vehicles, biotech in China has taken off in recent years, and Chinese drug research threatens to soon overtake the West’s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

The Martin County Sheriff’s Department said that Woods had tried to overtake another vehicle when his Land Rover clipped it, listing and then rolling over.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

If Gauff reaches the final, she will overtake former world number one Iga Swiatek to move third in the WTA rankings next week.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

It read: “Although the Bears failed to overtake the veteran Husky varsity ... in that last heartbreaking drive they proved that they were headed for the Olympic Games of 1936.”

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown