Sentence examples for by overtaking from inspiring English sources

Pedrosa then surprised Stoner by overtaking him over the start/finish line.

California salvaged a bronze medal by overtaking Wisconsin in the final strokes.

He then led to the heart ace and returned to dummy by overtaking the spade queen with the king.

Meanwhile, the tighthead Euan Murray will make history by overtaking Allan Jacobsen's record as the most capped Scotland prop with a 66th appearance.

He therefore made the second key play by overtaking the jack with the ace and leading a third spade, forcing a ruff.

But Weinstein put South to the test by overtaking his partner's spade-king lead with the ace and leading the diamond seven.

Australia is due to become Japan's biggest supplier of LNG by 2020, overtaking Qatar.

Act., to go by or past, to pass by, overtake, pass a person or thing.

Ethnic cleansing by decree has been largely overtaken by ideological cleansing by consent.

By 2007, thongs were overtaken by boyshorts and accounted for only 12% of the knickers market.

During World War II, it was controlled by the Nazis before being overtaken by the Red Army.