Examples of overtake in a Sentence
She overtook the other runners and went on to win the race.
The sign says “No Overtaking.”
Seasickness can overtake passengers when the ship encounters a storm.
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As of this writing, Backrooms has made more than $200 million globally, overtaking Marty Supreme as A24’s highest-grossing film ever.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2026
With roughly 1,390 ballots still outstanding, the race remained unsettled, though Ortiz would need to win more than three-quarters of the remaining ballots to overtake him in a contest that has remained neck-and-neck.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026
And this comes at a time when Anthropic has overtaken OpenAI in Enterprise Adoption.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
Richards overtook England centre-back John Stones, who completed 71 undisturbed passes against France in a 2022 quarter-final.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 13 June 2026
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2026
With roughly 1,390 ballots still outstanding, the race remained unsettled, though Ortiz would need to win more than three-quarters of the remaining ballots to overtake him in a contest that has remained neck-and-neck.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026
And this comes at a time when Anthropic has overtaken OpenAI in Enterprise Adoption.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
Richards overtook England centre-back John Stones, who completed 71 undisturbed passes against France in a 2022 quarter-final.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 13 June 2026
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“Overtake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overtake. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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overtake
verb
over·take
ˌō-vər-ˈtāk 
1
a
: to catch up with
b
: to catch up with and pass by
2
: to come upon suddenly
a blizzard overtook the hunting party
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