overrun
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So it's unlikely WhatsApp will be overrun with users calling themselves Donald Trump, for example.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
It was brought in to balance out the highly cyclical sales and earnings from chips, but now that segment is getting overrun by AI chip sales.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
Over Mother’s Day weekend, Andy Milheizler’s quiet Atlanta cul-de-sac was overrun with empty Waymo vehicles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
Botterell questioned that recommendation, noting that such an admission about needing someone not consumed by command decisions implied the command team was overrun.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
The car slowed to a creep after missing us, like a confused predator who’d overrun his prey.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
The results included $280 million in losses on the VC-25B program for the presidential plane, Air Force One, which has been beset by delays and cost overruns.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote went “through hell” building a $20 billion oil refinery that was plagued by a decade of delays and cost overruns that doubled the tab for the project.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Powell disclosed in January that he was under criminal investigation for his statements to Congress about cost overruns in the $2.5 billion renovation of the Fed’s headquarters.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
Customers were on the hook for much of those overruns, and they were not good for investors either.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
The previous year, he had assumed command of construction of the Pentagon, then beleaguered by labor problems, material shortages, cost overruns, and miserable work conditions.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Before Monday’s deadly crash, the most recent incident involving a B-52 occurred in 2016 in Guam, after the plane overran the runway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
Marriott—to escape the black mold that overran its building after years of disrepair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
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
The project was initially budgeted for $5.25 billion but overran costs and faced delays due to disputes between Sacyr and canal authorities.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2025
Vegetation overran the red-ocher floors and the workshops that manufactured ceramic figurines and iron beads and rubber ax-head straps.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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
The Angels’ hiccups have taken various forms, from expected slumps and rough outings to simple mistakes, including forgetting how many outs there are, getting tagged out for overrunning a base and violating the pitch clock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2024
“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
One tiny mouse an invader overrunning the whole school all by himself?
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
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