overrunning
Example Sentences
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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
Or are we too far gone to prevent rats from overrunning our cities?
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 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
