Example Sentences

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The RSF has overrun most of the region.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2023

Some Twitter users have picked up their handles and gone to an alternative social media platform, Mastodon — so many, in fact, that Wired reports the abrupt uptick has "overrun" Mastodon servers.

From Salon • Nov. 10, 2022

Since Friday, the Taliban has overrun bastions of government control, snatching more than a quarter of Afghanistan’s 34 provincial capitals on its way to controlling an estimated 65% of the country.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2021

He said President Barack Obama would later outline Wednesday in specific detail what steps the U.S. is prepared to take to defeat the Islamic State, which has overrun parts of northern Iraq and Syria.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2014

With all the rain, the stream has overrun its banks by several feet on either side.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins