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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About thirty years ago, Sonny was an ascendant Formula 1 star—cue many hilarious, grainy video clips of a younger Pitt, with a resplendent golden mullet—until his dreams were dashed by a near-fatal accident, during an attempt to overtake the three-time Formula 1 world champion Ayrton Senna.—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 20 June 2025 Earlier this week, Nielsen reported that streaming recently overtook broadcast and cable viewing combined for the first time since Nielsen began tracking this data in May 2021.—ArsTechnica, 18 June 2025 Elon Musk is launching a pilot program in Austin next week, claiming Tesla can overtake the Alphabet Inc. unit in autonomous driving using a much cheaper system.—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025 Norris initially overtook Piastri on the hairpin, but Piastri reclaimed the position on the long straight and into the final chicane.—Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 16 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for overtake
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