as in to catch
to move fast enough to get even with
in the final moments of the race, the horse in the rear sped forward at a furious pace and overhauled the horse that had been leading
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as in redesign
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Recent Examples of overhaul
Sarah Weinman, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
There have been more than 700 proposals to overhaul the Electoral College, but changing a system that has been used for centuries is a steep uphill battle, historians say.
—Michael Bartiromo, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
The Detroit City Council gave the green light on two housing proposals, one that aims to ramp up how affordable housing is financed and another that would overhaul the city's rental ordinance.
—Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2024
Harris is proposing practical reforms to fortify the border and overhaul the immigration process in line with the nation’s labor needs and humanitarian aspirations.
—Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2024
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Serial’s massive popularity, and its week-by-week format, overhauled how the genre was received: Audiences were no longer content with merely consuming the story.
—Sarah Weinman, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
There have been more than 700 proposals to overhaul the Electoral College, but changing a system that has been used for centuries is a steep uphill battle, historians say.
—Michael Bartiromo, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
The Detroit City Council gave the green light on two housing proposals, one that aims to ramp up how affordable housing is financed and another that would overhaul the city's rental ordinance.
—Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2024
Harris is proposing practical reforms to fortify the border and overhaul the immigration process in line with the nation’s labor needs and humanitarian aspirations.
—Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2024
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But he was caught from behind by defensive back Devin Grant, something that would have been hard to imagine a year ago.Jeff Faraudo, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Vele has been targeted eight times on third and fourth down in that span and caught all eight for conversions.Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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Last year, Popeyes overtook KFC as the No. 2 chicken chain in the U.S. Executives said Tuesday that KFC will focus on value in the fourth quarter.Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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Harris had been leading Trump in Shapiro's state of Pennsylvania since July, but late last month 538's aggregation of national polls showed that Trump had narrowly overtaken her─though only just.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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But the negative revisions of 112,00 jobs over the prior two months was a sign that the job market has lost some of its momentum.Jeff Marks, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
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Witcher completed multiple revisions of the script, with Bratton also taking part in the process.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
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Bucks are cruising, chasing, and tending estrus does.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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There was shouting and general mayhem, punches were thrown and some local Democratic and election officials were chased around the building.Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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Local health officials are working to reach everyone who may have had contact with the infected individual, and they are expected to do so in this case, said Preston Merchant, a spokesman for the San Mateo County health department.Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
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Wind chills reached minus 36 Fahrenheit (minus 38 Celsius) that night in January 2022 as the family from India set out on foot to meet a waiting van.Ryan J. Foley, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
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Refuse to let anyone pursuing you romantically to take advantage of you.Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Depending on the outcome of House races, a GOP Senate could also enable the second Trump administration to pursue policy priorities like rolling back the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and renewing corporate tax cuts.Li Zhou, Vox, 6 Nov. 2024
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His journey of reformation, if successful, could serve as an inspiration for others.Tio Hardiman, Chicago Tribune, 10 Oct. 2024
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The visit was visual proof for Yeltsin that the USSR needed immediate reformation.Timothy Malcolm, Chron, 15 Sep. 2024
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Returning from larger stomping grounds to run one of the state’s most diverse cities is not always the smoothest transition, political experts have said.Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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This increase is attributed to the company's transition from a shell company to an active AI business.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Overhaul.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overhaul. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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