Sentence examples for before being surpassed from inspiring English sources
The 1927 Yankees, distinguished by Ruth's 60 home runs (a record that stood for 34 years before being surpassed by that of another Yankee, Roger Maris, in 1961) and Gehrig's 175 runs batted in, are considered by many baseball enthusiasts to be the best team of all time.
At one point, the 1950 total was the highest on record, before being surpassed by the 2005 season.
In the United States, the film held onto the number one spot for two weeks before being surpassed by Click and then by Superman Returns the following weekend.
With 10.7 million views in its first day, the clip briefly held the Vevo record for the most views in twenty-four hours before being surpassed by "Best Song Ever" by One Direction.
It earned $167,445,960 by the end of its run in North America, marking what was at the time the highest grossing film of the series, before being surpassed by Quantum of Solaces $168.4 million.
Enron's European operations filed for bankruptcy on November 30 , 2001 and it sought Chapter 11 protection two days later on December 2. It was the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history (before being surpassed by WorldCom's bankruptcy the next year), and resulted in 4,000 lost jobs.
Gary Kirsten South African Kirsten held his country's records for most runs and centuries in a Test career, before both were surpassed by Jacques Kallis.
"Roar" spent a total two weeks at number one before it was surpassed by Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball".
At, the structure was the world's tallest building for 11 months before it was surpassed by the Empire State Building in 1931.
The damage toll from Dot for the entirety of Hawaii totaled US$6 million, making the hurricane the costliest in Hawaiian history before it was surpassed by hurricanes Iwa, Iniki and Iselle in 1982, 1992 and 2014, respectively.
No career reliever has reached Cooperstown on the first ballot, and only six relievers have been inducted as of 2015. Lee Smith, the all-time saves leader for 12 years before he was surpassed by Hoffman, was not inducted in 2015 after 13 years on the ballot.
