as in to catch
to move fast enough to get even with
she had to hurry to overtake her friends, who had forgotten their umbrellas the thunderstorm overtook them suddenly
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Recent Examples of overtake
When the pandemic overtook the world, the Fed was forced to cut interest rates.
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Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The introduction of the frothy topping coincided with the rising popularity of iced coffee and other cold drinks, which have overtaken Starbucks' hot beverage orders, no matter the season.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
Every touchpoint is a love letter to his home of Puerto Rico, even including the bathrooms, which Method overtook as art, with products to boot.
—Samantha Leal, StyleCaster, 2 Sep. 2025
Wednesday leads the outcasts to victory in the game of capture-the-flag, or zephyr, rather, but the sore loser boyscouts try to overtake the camp anyway, triggering Slurp the Zombie, who has eaten the brains of several innocent bystanders by now, which is helping his body regenerate.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
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Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The introduction of the frothy topping coincided with the rising popularity of iced coffee and other cold drinks, which have overtaken Starbucks' hot beverage orders, no matter the season.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
Every touchpoint is a love letter to his home of Puerto Rico, even including the bathrooms, which Method overtook as art, with products to boot.
—Samantha Leal, StyleCaster, 2 Sep. 2025
Wednesday leads the outcasts to victory in the game of capture-the-flag, or zephyr, rather, but the sore loser boyscouts try to overtake the camp anyway, triggering Slurp the Zombie, who has eaten the brains of several innocent bystanders by now, which is helping his body regenerate.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overtake
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Now, the Bears are close to catching back up, as the score is 27-24 at the time of this writing.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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In February, more than 40 people were killed in southern Mexico when a bus traveling to Tabasco from the tourist city of Cancun hit a trailer truck and caught fire.—
Lizbeth Diaz,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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Senegal’s Lamine Camara is the type of midfielder that would help many a Champions League-chasing team.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Five teams are chasing a postseason berth.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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By the end of the season, Unrivaled’s main accounts across six platforms reached nearly 400,000 followers, while its clubs added another 334,000 combined.—
Roberta F. Rodrigues,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Storms approaching the region start to reach cooler waters that aren't warm enough to fuel a hurricane and tradewinds in the region can topple a storm's cloud structure.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Overtake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overtake. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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