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California’s district judges were overrun with emergency petitions for writs of habeas corpus, a legal maneuver rarely used outside death row appeals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

But as with protein, the functional hydration market is getting overrun by smaller brands that can be tough to tell apart.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026

Against an elite side though, could they be overrun in midfield, off the ball, when they have such an attack minded footballer playing ahead of a midfield two?

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

The overrun raises questions about how BHP will handle its pipeline of proposed growth projects in the coming years, says Barclays.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

When we learned about a nearby village that had been overrun with screechers, we created a new incentive for hunters.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

The DOE has completed some major maintenance through a $1.4 billion project, but the effort has been plagued by delays and cost overruns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

Defence procurement has historically been a source of major budget overruns for the MoD.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Powell disclosed in January that he was under criminal investigation for his statements to Congress about cost overruns in the $2.5 billion renovation of the Fed’s headquarters.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026

Customers were on the hook for much of those overruns, and they were not good for investors either.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

The previous year, he had assumed command of construction of the Pentagon, then beleaguered by labor problems, material shortages, cost overruns, and miserable work conditions.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

In the first year of the invasion, after Russian forces overran his home city of Kherson, Oleksiy Sivak hung up a Ukrainian flag on the country’s independence day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

Before Monday’s deadly crash, the most recent incident involving a B-52 occurred in 2016 in Guam, after the plane overran the runway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

US broadcaster Fox US overran adverts, external during a hydration break in the opening match of the tournament between Mexico and South Africa.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 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

Or consider the Moche, leaders of a military state that overran much of the northern coast, submerging the identities of its victims in its own.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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

The floating pier had a troubled launch, with crowds overrunning some of the first trucks coming from the new U.S.-led sea route and taking its contents over the weekend.

From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2024

With many missions overrunning their budgets, the agency has proposed dramatic changes.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 11, 2024

Traditionally dry rocky arroyos and ditches were overrunning their banks; irrigation diversions and culverts were buried in mud the consistency of peanut butter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2023

But a few were uninhabited and gloomy-looking with dandelions overrunning the yard and limp gutters hanging loose from the weight of soggy old leaves and broken tree branches.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos