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For the want of a nail, the shoe was lose; for the want of a shoe the horse was lose; and for the want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for the want of care about a horseshoe nail.

Benjamin Franklin
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This will be triumph! this will be happiness! yea, that very thing, happiness, which I have been pursuing all my life, and have never yet overtaken.

Joanna Baillie
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He gives the impression of being a president who's been overtaken by events and is out of touch.

Dominique Moisi
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The fire doubled back on them. They tried to retreat on foot, but were overtaken.

Mark Blythe
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Our motion has been overtaken by events.

Stephanie Donovan
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This naturally occurring event has overtaken our ability to stop its progression.

Craig Fugate
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A lie runs until it is overtaken by the truth.

Cuban Proverb
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