overran

Example Sentences

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Marriott—to escape the black mold that overran its building after years of disrepair.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Over 36,000 Sudanese civilians have fled towns and villages in the Kordofan region east of Darfur, the United Nations said, just over a week after paramilitary forces overran the city of El-Fasher.

From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025

It caused significant delays - the couple's first trial overran by about three months, while the second overran by nearly two months.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025

Federal and local authorities began carrying out rescue missions as more rain overran households in the towns of Burnet and Liberty Hill, extending the damage well into Saturday.

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2025

In particular, Bantu farmers who acquired cows and sheep spread out of their homeland in West Africa and within a short time overran the former hunter-gatherers in most of the rest of sub-Saharan Africa.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond