overrun
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Mr. Fountain imagines that the U.S. has been overrun by a weird medical epidemic known as the Weeps, which causes people to spontaneously break into tears.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
It was brought in to balance out the highly cyclical sales and earnings from chips, but now that segment is getting overrun by AI chip sales.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Botterell questioned that recommendation, noting that such an admission about needing someone not consumed by command decisions implied the command team was overrun.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Still, Jefferies analyst Randal Konik said in a note on Monday that Lululemon’s stores over recent years had become overrun with patterns like florals and animal prints, with lower-quality fabrics.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
“But I’m afraid in 1766 there was no theatre here at all, only a cobblestoned street overrun with pigs and bales of hay. We weren’t built for another fifty-five years!”
From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick
Vocabulary lists containing overrun
Background on Pearl Harbor
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Unit 5, Week 5
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: over-
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