| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Narrow the gap with, competitively | New York Times | 01 Jun 2025 |
| Draw closer to | Thomas Joseph | 01 Feb 2025 |
| Get closer to | Eugene Sheffer | 19 Aug 2024 |
| Start to catch up with (2 wds.) | ||
| Draw closer to | Thomas Joseph | 29 Apr 2023 |
| Start catching up to | Newsday | 20 Apr 2022 |
| Begin to catch up to | Newsday | 03 Mar 2022 |
| Get closer to | Wall Street Journal | 14 Aug 2021 |
| Begin to overtake | Newsday | 12 Jul 2021 |
| Draw closer to | Newsday | 17 Feb 2019 |
| Draw closer to | Thomas Joseph | 21 Nov 2018 |
| Begin to overtake | The New Yorker | 24 Sep 2018 |
| Start to catch up to | USA Today | 10 Oct 2017 |
| Start to catch up to | ||
| Come closer to catching | New York Times | 27 Sep 2015 |
| Start to catch up to | New York Times | 06 Jan 2015 |
| Come closer to catching | ||
| Start to catch up to | ||
| Approach, in a race | ||
| Get closer to | ||
| Get closer to | ||
| Narrow the gap with | ||
| Get closer to, in a race | ||
| Get closer to | ||
| Get closer to | ||
| Get closer to the leader | ||
| Begin to catch up with | ||
| Get closer to, in a race | ||
| Get closer to | ||
| Overtake | ||
| Make some progress toward |