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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The number of Luckins overtook Starbucks in China in 2019, giving them the confidence to plot a US expansion.
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
Saturday night’s 9-2 loss, which featured Carlos Mendoza’s first ejection as Mets manager and led to a players’ meeting, overtook the completely-unofficial-yet-nonetheless-dubious distinction.
—Will Sammon, New York Times, 29 June 2025
Developer tools like GitHub Copilot, launched with huge fanfare, were quickly overtaken by startups like Augment Code.
—Dror Berman, Fortune, 27 June 2025
Having some weeds in your food plots is actually a good thing (deer like dirty plots), but without treatment plots can be completely overtaken by weeds.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 26 June 2025
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
Saturday night’s 9-2 loss, which featured Carlos Mendoza’s first ejection as Mets manager and led to a players’ meeting, overtook the completely-unofficial-yet-nonetheless-dubious distinction.
—Will Sammon, New York Times, 29 June 2025
Developer tools like GitHub Copilot, launched with huge fanfare, were quickly overtaken by startups like Augment Code.
—Dror Berman, Fortune, 27 June 2025
Having some weeds in your food plots is actually a good thing (deer like dirty plots), but without treatment plots can be completely overtaken by weeds.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 26 June 2025
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“Overtake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overtake. Accessed 6 Jul. 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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