The swelling Mississippi overtook the ponds, and the carp, native to Chinese rivers like the Yangtze, escaped.
But in the last three years, Apple and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) overtook that market.
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Last year, the South Korean company overtook Apple as the world's biggest seller of smartphones.
Nollywood recently overtook Hollywood as the world's second biggest producer of movies behind India's Bollywood.
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The firm overtook Ford to become the world's second-biggest carmaker in terms of sales last year.
To God I owe the spiritual vocation that overtook me when I was in college.
Suntory, drinks giant established by his grandfather, overtook its nearest competitor, Sapporo, in 2008 sales.
In 2003 it overtook Japan to become the world's second-biggest consumer of oil after America.
Luanda has been reckoned the world's most expensive capital, though Tokyo recently overtook it.
Four years ago, major crises overtook the spinach, toy, and pet food industries.
In 2009 for instance, China overtook the U.S. as the single largest auto market.
Last year, it overtook Dell to rank second behind Hewlett Packard in global PC sales.
Tesco recently overtook oil giant BP as the UK's largest fuel retailer by volume.
America's GDP doubled in only 17 years as it overtook Britain in the 1870s.
Before long, the earth began to yield seedling armies, whose rank growth overtook the garden.
This meant that Brazil overtook Italy to rank as the world's seventh-biggest economy (see chart).
Within a short span of time, Google overtook all of these established search engines.
When India did likewise in 1996, it promptly overtook America as the world's largest consumer.
Last year China overtook America as the country with the largest number of internet users.
Mittal overtook Arcelor as the world's largest steelmaker after buying America's International Steel Group in 2005.
In fact, 2010 was the year that online publications overtook newspapers in both ad revenue and readers.
Capirossi overtook Melandri on the final lap to give Ducati their first podium finish of the year.
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The secret plan was to execute these decisions when Congress reconvened in September, but events soon overtook them.
But Gloucester were allowed back into the game and the English side overtook their visitors to win 26-18.
In 2011, Brazil notched up growth of 2.7% and overtook the UK to become the world's sixth-biggest economy.
Juve dropped to fifth and out of the Champions League places as both Roma and Napoli overtook them.
This is no small matter, given that the assets of mutual funds overtook those of banks last year.
It overtook Justin Bieber's "Baby" as the most viewed video ever on YouTube near the end of November.
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China overtook India as the world's top consumer of gold in the first quarter, the World Gold Council said.
Android is the number one operating system in North America, while Apple overtook Research in Motion in November.
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