overruns

present tense third-person singular of overrun

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overruns
Verb
  • Both streams and especially sales of many of Swift's most famous albums grew considerably, and the superstar invades the Top Album Sales ranking with multiple comebacks as several classics from her discography soar.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Most shark bites occur because a shark mistakes the human for a fish or the human invades the shark's space, according to a report by the Florida Museum.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • While individual leaves can reach 18 inches long, the plant itself rarely exceeds 8 inches in height.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2025
  • That footprint far exceeds the longtime 39% limit on ownership of stations, which had been kept in place by both Republican and Democratic administrations over the past three decades.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Everything that plagues Chicago also plagues America.
    Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
  • This temporary fix does nothing to resolve the chronic underfunding and instability that plagues these programs year after year.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Microsoft raids Google’s AI ranks Mustafa Suleyman, one of the founders of Google’s DeepMind, who is now head of Microsoft AI, is raiding his old company for talent, calling them personally on the phone with the promise that life at Microsoft has more of a startup vibe than Google does.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Yet Team Cherry, along with dozens of coders and others, working quietly and deliberately, has crafted something that rivals (and often surpasses) the work of those massive studios.
    Keller Gordon, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
  • That surpasses the size of a July attack by Moscow that was previously the largest of the war, which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor in February 2022.
    Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • These parasites and their eggs contaminate soil, which then infests drinking water and food, especially in areas with poor sanitation.
    Jenna Anderson, Health, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • As extreme heat ravages New York City this summer, the lives of thousands detained on Rikers Island hang in the balance.
    Darren Mack, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But the showy structure overwhelms the unshowy story.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
  • And so, as this deluge of data overwhelms us with such velocity, the imperative is ensuring that decisions are well-informed by precise, whole and transparent evidence.
    Anna Forsythe, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Overruns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overruns. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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