Example Sentences
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The morning of his speech, he had overflown the Willamette National Forest, its mountaintops scalped by clear-cutting.
From Time Magazine Archive
Air Force Chief of Staff Mordechai Hod insisted later at a press conference that the Libyan plane had overflown "one of the most sensitive security areas" in Sinai.
From Time Magazine Archive
Frightened was the way he had felt a year ago when an unidentified aircraft had overflown the community twice.
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
The bridges were there ready to be thrown across, when it was discovered that the Marne had overflown its bed, and could not be crossed.
From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Labouchere, Henry
Borne onward in their basket cradle, they were at length swept ashore where the river had overflown its banks at the foot of the afterwards famous Palatine Hill.
From Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
