overran

Example Sentences

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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

Some 10 months into the Islamic revolution, thousands of Iranian students overran the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 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

It caused significant delays - the couple's first trial overran by about three months, while the second overran by nearly two months.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025

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