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The UN warns of more atrocities if RSF fighters overrun the city.

From BBC

Khan's machine gun crew, along with one other, carried on fighting until they were overrun by Germans.

From BBC

Or are we too far gone to prevent rats from overrunning our cities?

From BBC

Locals have worked hard to protect the park and keep it from becoming too overrun and too commercialized, Mann said, which is why so many have long opposed bathrooms.

“You kind of narrow it down to resources – who has the staff – and then you kind of branch out. There are some offices that are too small, that are overrun with cases.”

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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