overtake
Example Sentences
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On its third day as a public company, its market value is poised to overtake that of Amazon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026
It won’t take much for SpaceX to overtake it.
From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026
And unlike the ECB, hope the news flow next Thursday doesn’t overtake him.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
Pratt took an early lead over Raman on election night, but Raman’s numbers improved steadily as mail-in ballots were counted, leading political observers to begin predicting this weekend that she would eventually overtake Pratt.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
There was a chance, a small chance, that I could overtake my fleeing dogs.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
Vocabulary lists containing overtake
