overran

Example Sentences

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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

Federal and local authorities began carrying out rescue missions as more rain overran households in the towns of Burnet and Liberty Hill, extending the damage well into Saturday.

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2025

The UN Humans Right Office said 47 people were injured on Tuesday after people overran one of the GHF distribution sites in the southern city of Rafah, a day after it began working there.

From BBC • May 28, 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