overrunning

Example Sentences

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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 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

“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