overran

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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

Mapping from FireGuard, reviewed months after the fire, showed it did track the fire’s steady progression west for several hours before flames overran west Altadena — and well before the evacuation alerts went out.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

The project was initially budgeted for $5.25 billion but overran costs and faced delays due to disputes between Sacyr and canal authorities.

From Barron's • Nov. 1, 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 Old Goblinish, it was a lament sung by the hero Walgund in the days following the destruction of his city by King Degravaunt of the Elves, when the elfin armies overran the forests.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin