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overtake

[oh-ver-tayk] / ˌoʊ vərˈteɪk /


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Max Verstappen needed just 14 laps and 35 minutes to overtake 100 amateur drivers in an exhibition go-kart race at Silverstone.

From BBC ● Sep. 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

Is there a chance someone might overtake it, if only for a moment?

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

Now, Pogacar is in prime position to overtake all of them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

He turned quickly, afraid that the fear suddenly welling up in him might overtake him.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

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

See more: SpaceX overtakes Amazon to become fifth-largest company in the world.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

Mikey: Plenty more overtakes, looks like we're on for a more exciting season.

From BBC ● Mar. 8, 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

“In their youth, mortals behave more like nymphs. Adulthood seems impossibly distant, let alone the enfeeblement of old age. But ponderously, inevitably, it overtakes you. I find it a frustrating, humbling, infuriating experience.”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

Despite gaining an early lead with ChatGPT, rival Anthropic overtook OpenAI in second-quarter revenue.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

City overtook them at the top and many believed Arsenal would be the main challengers this season after a strong summer's recruitment.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

In 2021, China overtook the U.S. as the world’s top blueberry grower, and by 2025 its annual production was double what it was in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The aggressive Plaskett fire overtook the Timber fire in size, and together they have blackened more than 50,000 acres.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Seabiscuit overtook a pack of horses and stretched out for front-running Aneroid, his last obstacle.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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

Sales of its namesake brand peaked in 1970, the heyday of the Beetle and the Bus, before it was overtaken by Japanese rivals that proved better at adapting to evolving American tastes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Lately, however, products from Chinese and European rivals have overtaken the Model Y in a number of fundamental metrics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

Fronted by a lush lawn and palm trees, the Union Passenger Terminal had opened in 1954, an art deco-style building once aspiring to grandness but since overtaken by a certain grey municipal malaise.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

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

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

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

How is it that we should lay the track out when it comes to overtaking also?'

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

But the next day Katz saw him all day—behind him, following, always near but never overtaking.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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