overran
Example Sentences
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The North Vietnamese Communist offensive overran the South, sending more than a million “boat people” into the open ocean.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
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
Some 10 months into the Islamic revolution, thousands of Iranian students overran the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 28, 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
She was certain that if Cluny’s army overran Redwall, there would be enough treasure to keep even the greediest creature happy for life.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
