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 automaker has been poised to overtake General Motors in U.S. sales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The press secretary recalled the perception in 2016 was that China would soon overtake the United States.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The report draws on official population projections which suggest that next year the number of people aged over 65 will overtake the number of children.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Some snakes can roll like a hoop to overtake their victim.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel

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

And Lewis made a great point - in a kart race, you overtake one corner, he overtakes back.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

Even when they’re ahead of his pace, they know it’s only a matter of time until the American overtakes them and leaves them in the dust.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026

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

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Nvidia overtook Apple as the largest company by stock-market value.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 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

There was a sense of freedom that overtook some of his angry feelings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Further down, Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto and Paris overtook Los Angeles, which dropped two places to 12th.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

He was frozen in a stooped posture, as if he’d been trying to dislodge his feet as ice overtook the rest of him.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

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

In that time 14 countries have overtaken Brazil in per capita GDP, including the Dominican Republic, Guyana and Thailand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

He has also reached a career high of 33 in the world and overtaken Cameron Norrie to become British number one.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Several years ago he became increasingly frustrated with the professionalism that has overtaken the larger Southland high schools — he has been outspoken against the constant stream of transfers — so he had an idea.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

In an instant a flood of sadness and tragedy had overtaken everyone, and I began to worry that it would be impossible for this family to leave Herbert.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

The revenue surge was enabled by the release of GPT-5.6 Sol and ChatGPT Work and led to enterprise revenue overtaking consumer sales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 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

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

I watch her go, feeling excitement overtaking the doubt sitting heavy in the pit of my stomach.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott