overrunning

Example Sentences

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Mr. Ellis takes as a case study the overrunning and removal of the Creek Indians in Georgia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

Or are we too far gone to prevent rats from overrunning our cities?

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025

“I was on a couple hours ago with the Wildwood mayor, and he said we had a fantastic weekend, we happened to have this overrunning of, it sounds like, a bunch of teenagers.”

From Seattle Times • May 29, 2024

With many missions overrunning their budgets, the agency has proposed dramatic changes.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 11, 2024

And this time Union soldiers sprint up the hill, overrunning the Confederate positions.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly