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

Or are we too far gone to prevent rats from overrunning our cities?

From BBC • Sep. 25, 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

“I was on a couple hours ago with the Wildwood mayor, and he said we had a fantastic weekend, we happened to have this overrunning of, it sounds like, a bunch of teenagers.”

From Seattle Times • May 29, 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