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Witnesses reported Fox as "overtaking at speed", "driving really fast" and "swerving all over the road."

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Norway would have had to lose by nine goals or more in order to be overtaken by Italy for the group's only automatic place for next summer's finals in North America.

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But the difficulty of overtaking in F1, and the fact that very few drivers could have achieved what Verstappen did, means it's highly unlikely to become a strategic option outside those specific circumstances.

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In that time, investment in clean energy has overtaken fossil fuels with $2 trillion invested last year, according to research firm BloombergNEF, while electric vehicles have surged to 20% of global new car sales.

England are on a run of nine Test wins under Borthwick and moved up to fourth in the world rankings this week, overtaking France after their loss to world champions South Africa.

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

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