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overrun

[oh-ver-ruhn, oh-ver-ruhn] / ˌoʊ vərˈrʌn, ˈoʊ vərˌrʌn /




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Because you are in an environment that is now suddenly overrun with a tremendous amount of A.I., and I worry about critical thinking skills.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

"Sometimes Europe gets characterized wrongly in terms of it being overrun, or whatever."

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

A dog in Kent has given birth to a record-breaking 17 puppies, leaving her owners overrun.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Super Bowl LX was overrun with advertisements from many AI majors, including OpenAI, which promoted its coding platform Codex, and Google’s Gemini, which spotlighted its photo-generation capabilities.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

A hundred years before Columbus, Meggers told me, they were blasted by a mega-Nino and then overrun by one of their erstwhile inferiors.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann