overran
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Then, when Nazi Germany overran Denmark, Danish diplomats asked Washington to secure Greenland, which became a valuable refueling station for bombers and a source of minerals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026
Over 36,000 Sudanese civilians have fled towns and villages in the Kordofan region east of Darfur, the United Nations said, just over a week after paramilitary forces overran the city of El-Fasher.
From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025
They caused chaos across their two trials, which both overran by months.
From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025
Federal and local authorities began carrying out rescue missions as more rain overran households in the towns of Burnet and Liberty Hill, extending the damage well into Saturday.
From Slate • Jul. 7, 2025
Monte Alban repeatedly overran the Nudzahui statelets, but never managed to eliminate them.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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