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

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

From Science Magazine • Mar. 11, 2024

Footage seemingly shot by a worker showed a huge mass of earth rushing down a gully, overrunning everything in its path.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024

The government took aim at overrunning and disruptive street repairs, saying it would "consult on extending fines for repairs which run into weekends and increasing current levels of fixed penalty notices".

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2023

One tiny mouse an invader overrunning the whole school all by himself?

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary