overrun

A quarter century on from the song’s release, the U.S. economy is overrun with people who believe that nothing should come with a price tag.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026

California’s district judges were overrun with emergency petitions for writs of habeas corpus, a legal maneuver rarely used outside death row appeals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Poor defensively, overrun in midfield and no goal threat up front is a recipe for disaster.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

The overrun raises questions about how BHP will handle its pipeline of proposed growth projects in the coming years, says Barclays.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 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

Softening demand for some types of chips, shortages of technical workers and cost overruns have slowed construction at some semiconductor factories.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Arkane is currently working on the high budget "Marvel's Blade" game with industry reports saying Microsoft may cancel the project after delays and cost overruns.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

Defence procurement has historically been a source of major budget overruns for the MoD.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 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

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

Yemeni brothers Yunes, 33, and Yassin, 24, say they fled Houthi rebels in 2023, after they overran their country's capital eight years earlier.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

US broadcaster Fox US overran adverts, external during a hydration break in the opening match of the tournament between Mexico and South Africa.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

Since last year, when the RSF overran parts of Darfur and Kordofan, the militia has commandeered the gum trade, integrating it into its smuggling empire and further starving government coffers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 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

Our soldiers ran past them toward our fleet, anxious to escape before the rebels landed and overran them.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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

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

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 11, 2024

Footage seemingly shot by a worker showed a huge mass of earth rushing down a gully, overrunning everything in its path.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024

Traditionally dry rocky arroyos and ditches were overrunning their banks; irrigation diversions and culverts were buried in mud the consistency of peanut butter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2023

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