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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China overtook Japan as the biggest vehicle exporter last year, helped by government support for EVs.
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Afp, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2025
The shooting happened around 2 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 12, when Brooks’ Honda Odyssey minivan jockeyed through traffic to overtake a Crown Victoria driven by Uriel Miller, 26, of Tennessee, police said.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2025
The biggest story in the data is the dramatic growth of solar energy, with a 30 percent increase in generation in a single year, which will allow solar and wind combined to overtake coal in 2024.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2025
The suit also detailed other racially motivated incidents including an October 2020 video class meeting overtaken by white students who used racial slurs to describe their Black classmates.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2025
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Afp, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2025
The shooting happened around 2 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 12, when Brooks’ Honda Odyssey minivan jockeyed through traffic to overtake a Crown Victoria driven by Uriel Miller, 26, of Tennessee, police said.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2025
The biggest story in the data is the dramatic growth of solar energy, with a 30 percent increase in generation in a single year, which will allow solar and wind combined to overtake coal in 2024.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2025
The suit also detailed other racially motivated incidents including an October 2020 video class meeting overtaken by white students who used racial slurs to describe their Black classmates.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Overtake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overtake. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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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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