overran

Example Sentences

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Since last year, when the RSF overran parts of Darfur and Kordofan, the militia has commandeered the gum trade, integrating it into its smuggling empire and further starving government coffers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

The pair arrived in the country just months before the Yom Kippur war in 1973, when a surprise attack by Egypt and Syria overran Israel’s front line.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

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

But his successor, The Pitt star Katherine LaNasa greatly overran, and had what Bargatze called "a very expensive wave" that lost the club several thousands of dollars.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025

While certain insects overran us, some of the other normal inhabitants of our property, such as earthworms, disappeared.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly