overran
- past tense form of overrun.
Example Sentences
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In the first year of the invasion, after Russian forces overran his home city of Kherson, Oleksiy Sivak hung up a Ukrainian flag on the country’s independence day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
The North Vietnamese Communist offensive overran the South, sending more than a million “boat people” into the open ocean.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Mapping from FireGuard, reviewed months after the fire, showed it did track the fire’s steady progression west for several hours before flames overran west Altadena — and well before the evacuation alerts went out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025
The project was initially budgeted for $5.25 billion but overran costs and faced delays due to disputes between Sacyr and canal authorities.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2025
A shiny new chain-link fence surrounded the property, and the weeds that once overran the parking lot had been cleared.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
