overrunning

present participle of overrun

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of overrunning Yet, there’s a way to do it right to show appreciation for the time and effort in hosting a tailgate—tents, food, drinks, and all—while not overrunning the host’s wishes. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overrunning
Verb
  • Just a few decades later, however, historic records describe sand dunes and scrublands invading the green valleys, water shortages, and in 1578 a massive El Niño flood that nearly ended the young colony.
    Ari Caramanica, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Led by Marcel Malanga's father, Christian Malanga, a Congolese political exile who ordinarily lived in Utah, the group of men attacked the home of a senior Congolese politician on May 19, 2024, before invading Kinshasa's sprawling presidential complex.
    NPR's International Desk, NPR, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • With a range exceeding 250 kilometers (155 miles), the HQ-9C is the backbone of China’s strategic air defense.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The costs of certifying a building as exceeding legal requirements for energy efficiency, for example, are seen as high points not excesses because efficiencies serve another agenda.
    Roger Valdez, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Simpson goes away to college, in Chicago, though not without her mother raiding her personal loan.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Almost half of America's youngest workers are raiding their retirement accounts just to get by, a new report has found.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • World leaders and scientists hoped to avoid surpassing this threshold under the Paris Agreement.
    John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile both warring parties have been accused of mass human rights abuses, with the death toll of the conflict likely surpassing 400,000.
    Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Or why this situation remains indicative of bigger issues plaguing our country, then and now?
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025
  • While the problems plaguing humanity — from political strife to poverty to natural disasters — might seem overwhelming, Dorantes said the property’s history illustrates how much the world can actually change.
    Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The centipede the Redditor found crawling in her bed.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • My death was supposed to be crawling up inside of the locker that the cat used to go in.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025

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“Overrunning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overrunning. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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