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overrun

[oh-ver-ruhn, oh-ver-ruhn] / ˌoʊ vərˈrʌn, ˈoʊ vərˌrʌn /




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Overrun in midfield, bamboozled out wide and front men starved of service.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2024

Overrun for most of the first half, the Hornets scored off assists from former Chino Hills star LaMelo Ball on crisp cuts to win the third quarter.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2022

“Its morals had changed, as had its etiquette. Overrun and disfigured, it was no longer the city he had known,” Shadid wrote.

From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2022

Overrun by trees and long grass, the cemetery had returned to a meadow-like state.

From Washington Times • Oct. 22, 2016

Overrun by Asiatic Magyars as early as the ninth century, the region was organized originally as a province in the eleventh century.

From Area Handbook for Romania by Bernier, Donald W.




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