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overrun

[oh-ver-ruhn, oh-ver-ruhn] / ˌoʊ vərˈrʌn, ˈoʊ vərˌrʌn /




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Chilean ambassador Julio Cordano took over the role earlier this year after his predecessor resigned, and with the talks having overrun their initial schedule by more than a year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

She, much like the person behind the proverbial controller, is dropped into a world quickly becoming overrun by a viral plague with no idea what to do.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

But for the signs in Albanian, we could have been on the Amalfi Coast, or the Côte d’Azur, except that it has not yet been overrun with bachelorettes and party buses.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Powertrain Naturally aspirated liquid-cooled 90-degree V4 engine, 1,158-cc displacement, counter-rotating crankshaft, semi dry sump lubrication; six-speed manual transmission with straight-cut gears and multi-plate clutch, with slipper action on overrun; chain drive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

The result of their skills has been that Italy has been overrun by Charles, plundered by Louis, violated by Ferdinand, and insulted by the Swiss.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

But in addition to finding no evidence of misconduct, the report concluded the design features that the Fed’s critics highlighted as evidence of wasteful spending didn’t drive the overruns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

The inspector general found that the Fed’s Board of Governors failed to take actions that would have mitigated significant cost overruns.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

It also challenged the premise that rising materials costs were largely to blame for certain cost overruns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Then owned by Toshiba, it incurred billions of dollars in cost overruns related to the planned construction of four nuclear reactors in the southeastern U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 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

Over 60 Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units are on scene of an incident involving a plane that overran a runway and struck multiple vehicles near Miami International Airport.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

The fire department said the plane overran a runway and hit multiple vehicles near the airport, where more than 60 firefighting units rushed to the scene.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

Both scored when Dodgers left fielder Teoscar Hernandez overran Drake Baldwin’s deep fly ball down the line, for a double.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

In the first year of the invasion, after Russian forces overran his home city of Kherson, Oleksiy Sivak hung up a Ukrainian flag on the country’s independence day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

When the Persians finally overran the Spartans, I looked over at Augustus again.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

The plane struck navigational aids and equipment after overrunning the runway, before hitting a white Ford van owned by a contract cleaning company.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Seve has let the detritus of life pile up around him — literally — with delivery packages and plastic-wrapped clothes overrunning his tiny Baltimore apartment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026

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

“Under Ralph’s picture, the story reads, ‘Friday afternoon the fifth-grade class of Miss Bambi Kuckenbacker at Irwin J. Sneed Elementary School exhibited a mouse, thought to be one of many mice overrunning their school.

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary




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