as in caught
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 overtaken
But this progress has been overtaken by accelerating warming.
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Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 16 Oct. 2024
That captures how thoroughly the salads have overtaken her life—and kitchen.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 15 Oct. 2024
One of the latest squatter stories out of California was reported by Fox News Digital in September, after two Hollywood Hills mansions were overtaken.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 12 Oct. 2024
Having already overtaken Russia to become the largest producer of natural gas in 2011, the United States became the world’s largest oil producer in 2018, surpassing Russia and Saudi Arabia.
—Nadia Schadlow, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2024
Over time, the idealistic foundations of each of these sectors were overtaken by natural human greed.
—Mark Weinstein, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
China has overtaken the US in terms of equity market performance to date.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
All eyes have, therefore, turned to India, whose population has just overtaken that of China.
—Jack A. Goldstone, Foreign Affairs, 18 May 2023
Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 16 Oct. 2024
That captures how thoroughly the salads have overtaken her life—and kitchen.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 15 Oct. 2024
One of the latest squatter stories out of California was reported by Fox News Digital in September, after two Hollywood Hills mansions were overtaken.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 12 Oct. 2024
Having already overtaken Russia to become the largest producer of natural gas in 2011, the United States became the world’s largest oil producer in 2018, surpassing Russia and Saudi Arabia.
—Nadia Schadlow, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2024
Over time, the idealistic foundations of each of these sectors were overtaken by natural human greed.
—Mark Weinstein, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
China has overtaken the US in terms of equity market performance to date.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
All eyes have, therefore, turned to India, whose population has just overtaken that of China.
—Jack A. Goldstone, Foreign Affairs, 18 May 2023
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“Overtaken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overtaken. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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