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

“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

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

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

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary