Example Sentences

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Over the next day, "they will be on the far side of the Moon, they will eclipse that record, and we're going to learn an awful lot about the spacecraft," said Isaacman.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Some more outlandish estimates suggest they will eclipse the $2billion haul of Taylor Swift's Eras tour.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

James will eclipse $581 million in on-court earnings by the end of the 2025-26 NBA season, per Spotrac.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 15, 2025

But given Spears’ extended and overlapping history with the “Genie in Bottle” and “Dirrty” belter, it’s unlikely that that moment of levity will eclipse the contemporaries’ media-fueled rivalry.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2023

“Now then, with such a sum we shall be able to celebrate a fiesta that will eclipse in magnificence any that has been seen up to this time in our own or neighboring provinces.”

From The Social Cancer by Derbyshire, Charles E.