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 press secretary, who previously lived in China, recalled in an interview that the perception in 2016 was that China would soon overtake the United States.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 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

Sluis expects direct-to-consumer purchases may eventually overtake wholesale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

With a feeling of panic rising in her, Ash began to run toward the courtyard, realizing that she would need to overtake them in order to arrive home before they did.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

The arrival of Jackson - who overtakes Manzambi to become Villa's record signing - from Chelsea gives Emery a specialist striker to work with.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

I do not think Qualcomm overtakes Nvidia on raw AI performance — but it does not have to.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

"I think you're going to get a lot of overtakes."

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 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

I know he despises being useless, sitting still while war overtakes us.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

The company recently overtook Diageo as the largest distiller by value in the U.S. for the first time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

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

The Mellower rolled the sherry around in his mouth and pronounced it quite the best he had tasted since an unfortunate accident overtook his wine cellar.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

But in recent years, its leading position in the business of bankruptcy has been overtaken by larger competitors and an industrywide shift toward restructurings driven by private-equity-owned companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Events have overtaken the book in that regard, as Mr. Valensi announced a “temporary break” from the band as it tours this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

While the Premier League has been innovative in some ways, in others it has been overtaken by other major leagues.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

But the pattern is becoming unmistakable: records that once marked the extreme edge of the UK's climate are being overtaken with remarkable speed.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

The Swiss jumped out to an early lead but were soon overtaken by the German boat.

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

It wasn’t until the third quarter that OpenAI’s new tools for agentic software coding found traction—leading to enterprise overtaking consumer sales as the company’s biggest revenue driver, Brockman said Wednesday at the WSJ Tech conference.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

The unit's revenue rose more than nine times from a year earlier to $7.6 billion, overtaking the Starlink satellite internet business as the company's largest source of sales.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 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

In his mind, Kanue imagined himself overtaking her, and he tried his best each day to catch up with Luma.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John