overrun

Example Sentences

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Because you are in an environment that is now suddenly overrun with a tremendous amount of A.I., and I worry about critical thinking skills.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

A dog in Kent has given birth to a record-breaking 17 puppies, leaving her owners overrun.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Those two programs essentially act as cost overrun insurance, she argued, because they give developers like utilities financial cushions on their projects.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

On Thursday the Rose Bowl was absolutely overrun by Indiana — and its fans — in a setting that was the perfect marriage of team and stadium.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026

A hundred years before Columbus, Meggers told me, they were blasted by a mega-Nino and then overrun by one of their erstwhile inferiors.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann