overrun
Example Sentences
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In a world overrun by trash, the elite are quick to cast off objects that young Rudo saves to reuse.
From Salon
Mapping from FireGuard, reviewed months after the fire, showed it did track the fire’s steady progression west for several hours before flames overran west Altadena — and well before the evacuation alerts went out.
From Los Angeles Times
The Navy says the program with Palantir will provide a comprehensive view of the supply chains and production capacity of shipbuilders in a bid to end unnecessary delays and cost overruns that have plagued shipbuilding.
Arc Raiders is an extraction shooter game set on a futuristic Earth that has been overrun by hostile machines and the human race run underground.
From BBC
The Upper West Side apartment, where she’s staying while starring in the Broadway play “Marjorie Prime,” was overrun with birthday flowers.
From Los Angeles Times
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