overrun
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Ali Munif, 46, has been living in a displacement camp on the outskirts of Marib city since his village was overrun by the rebels in 2021.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
A quarter century on from the song’s release, the U.S. economy is overrun with people who believe that nothing should come with a price tag.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
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
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
Ernest now discovered one hazard of overambitious planning: the cost overrun.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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The German navy's troubled F-126 programme was previously handled by Dutch shipbuilder Damen, but had faced years of delays, setbacks and cost overruns.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Among the risks of a data-center financing bond is that the facility doesn’t get built on time or overruns its expected cost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Arkane is currently working on the high budget "Marvel's Blade" game with industry reports saying Microsoft may cancel the project after delays and cost overruns.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
Defence procurement has historically been a source of major budget overruns for the MoD.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 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
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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
Some 10 months into the Islamic revolution, thousands of Iranian students overran the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 28, 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
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
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
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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 Angels’ hiccups have taken various forms, from expected slumps and rough outings to simple mistakes, including forgetting how many outs there are, getting tagged out for overrunning a base and violating the pitch clock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2024
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
“Under Ralph’s picture, the story reads, ‘Friday afternoon the fifth-grade class of Miss Bambi Kuckenbacker at Irwin J. Sneed Elementary School exhibited a mouse, thought to be one of many mice overrunning their school.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
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