Word: overtook
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...Chase dropped to a 32 after the first minute and a half, and Princeton took the lead, but the Crimson overtook the Tigers and won--the first Compton Cup victory for Harvard, and proof that Bolles' new system was best...
Varsity wrestlers, trailing by 13 to 8 at one point, finally overtook a surprising Williams team to win their third straight meet, 20 to 15, Saturday at the Blockhouse. In the preliminaries, the Crimson freshmen remained undefeated, crushing the jayvees...
...respectability Ensor professed to fear finally overtook him, and he yielded without a struggle. In 1929 King Albert made him a baron. Before his death in 1949, he saw his paintings hung in most of Belgium's museums. In Ostend, a tablet was placed on the wall of his house, a street was named for him, and a statue was erected. Artist Ensor unveiled the statue himself...
Some of Rudyard Kipling's mood overtook U.S. military men as they warily watched the steel-shod paws of Communism outstretched. Harry Truman warned: "We cannot yet be sure ... It is still too early to say what they have in mind." In Korea, General Van Fleet kept his men in sharp contact with the enemy; the Navy and Air Force ordered fresh reinforcements to the Far East. U.S. military men agreed that the negotiations would probably be a matter of weeks...
...necessary; the Reds in the hills were taking too cruel a beating from artillery and planes to make any serious trouble. Disheartened Chinese began surrendering in the largest numbers since the war started. On the western front, Negro doughboys of the 25th Division's 24th Regiment overtook a score of Chinese who threw down their weapons and ran. The Americans disdained shooting the unarmed, fleeing men, brought them down with football tackles...