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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In other words, had Rotolo met him before fame overtook his life, things could have gone very differently.
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2024
But both Mercedes cars ran wide off the track across the run-off shortly afterwards, allowing Norris to overtake Russell and then to accelerate past Hamilton too.
—Issy Ronald, CNN, 7 July 2024
Franz, speaking as a local resident, said the seven-story development would be a burden to an already heavily-trafficked area, bringing hundreds of new residents to a busy portion of Los Gatos Boulevard, and would overtake a community hub where many young people in Los Gatos get their first jobs.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 7 July 2024
Allies have also pointed out that the focus on internal campaign polling and analytics — showing a stable race, with Biden trailing Trump slightly — has failed to address the question of how the debate performance affected Biden’s ability to overtake Trump before the fall.
—Matt Viser, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2024
But both Mercedes cars ran wide off the track across the run-off shortly afterwards, allowing Norris to overtake Russell and then to accelerate past Hamilton too.
—Issy Ronald, CNN, 7 July 2024
Franz, speaking as a local resident, said the seven-story development would be a burden to an already heavily-trafficked area, bringing hundreds of new residents to a busy portion of Los Gatos Boulevard, and would overtake a community hub where many young people in Los Gatos get their first jobs.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 7 July 2024
Allies have also pointed out that the focus on internal campaign polling and analytics — showing a stable race, with Biden trailing Trump slightly — has failed to address the question of how the debate performance affected Biden’s ability to overtake Trump before the fall.
—Matt Viser, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
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“Overtake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overtake. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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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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