as in to catch
to move fast enough to get even with
in the final moments of the race, the horse in the rear sped forward at a furious pace and overhauled the horse that had been leading
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Recent Examples of overhaul
Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
The automaker’s overhauled its entire operations from service to production to get R2 off the ground and into the mass-market arena without a hitch, according to the automaker’s CEO.
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 10 June 2026
Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
Once the structure was deemed stable, fire crews entered the home to extinguish remaining hot spots and performed an extensive overhaul to the interior and exterior.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2026
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Verb
Ryan, 32, was named the Jets passing game coordinator in February after Jets head coach Aaron Glenn overhauled his coaching staff.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
The automaker’s overhauled its entire operations from service to production to get R2 off the ground and into the mass-market arena without a hitch, according to the automaker’s CEO.
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 10 June 2026
Noun
On this week’s Galaxy Brain, Charlie Warzel brings on Jimmy O’Brien, founder of Jomboy Media, to talk about baseball’s overhaul, how to become a lip-reading legend on YouTube, and why Americans love slow sports.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
Once the structure was deemed stable, fire crews entered the home to extinguish remaining hot spots and performed an extensive overhaul to the interior and exterior.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overhaul
Verb
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Running back Jonathon Brooks, who is returning from back-to-back ACL surgeries on his right knee, caught a pass across the middle from Young and blazed down the field through traffic.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
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All day, the spokespeople for the city and the arena sniped at each other in statements about the security around MSG and the fate of a watch party caught in the snares.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
11 June 2026
Noun
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The alien Locust threat has gone through a bit of a redesign to fit this new prequel entry.—
George Yang,
Space.com,
10 June 2026
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On Tuesday, one of the players, defender Jean-Kévin Duverne, gave fans a sneak peek of the new redesign, more streamlined blue Haiti team jersey in a video posted on TikTok of a photo shoot.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
10 June 2026
Verb
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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
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And this comes at a time when Anthropic has overtaken OpenAI in Enterprise Adoption.—
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
Noun
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Last week’s blockbuster jobs report, with more than 265,000 jobs added when including upward employment revisions, was very welcome news to almost all Americans.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
10 June 2026
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The footage also showed off some new gameplay features, including a modernised revision to the active reload mechanic that Gears of War pioneered.—
George Yang,
Space.com,
10 June 2026
Verb
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Refs opted to disregard the blatant flagrant foul and the usually stoic Brunson erupted, chasing after the officials before turning on his heel in a fury and returning to the bench.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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The picture is more nuanced for athletes chasing peak output.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2026
Noun
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Bernardi prefers to craft a new panto each year but the enthusiastic response to the company’s irreverent 2022 reworking of the Charles Dickens classic, both from audiences and from the actors who were in it, led to this revival.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2026
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Reaper Man, a reworking of the 1934 film Death Takes a Holiday, is among the first Discworld novels to incorporate real pathos alongside the gags.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
24 May 2026
Verb
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Thao Nguyen Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi confirmed to Iranian state television that a deal to end the war has been reached.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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Under Obama, the US was part of an international coalition that reached an agreement with Iran to limit its nuclear program.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
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The project is part of a broader revamping of Gulf logistics and energy routes.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
18 May 2026
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Considering how much revamping has gone on this offseason, the Bucs may have answered that question for you.—
John Romano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 May 2026
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“Overhaul.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overhaul. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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