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- verb Simple past of
overrun .
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Examples
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So it just kind of overran us and we were just trying to find shelter.
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The airstrikes hit just east of the town of Zinjibar, near Yemen's south coast, which Islamist militants overran earlier this year.
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Any negotiations would be complicated by the rival Palestinian governments in the West Bank, which Abbas controls, and in the Gaza Strip, which is ruled by Islamic Hamas militants who overran the territory in June 2007.
Israel Settlement Freeze Ends, Construction Resumes Curtis M. Wong 2010
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Any negotiations would be complicated by the rival Palestinian governments in the West Bank, which Abbas controls, and in the Gaza Strip, which is ruled by Islamic Hamas militants who overran the territory in June 2007.
Israel Settlement Freeze Ends, Construction Resumes Curtis M. Wong 2010
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The rebels said they overran Bir al-Ghanam on Saturday with support from NATO airstrikes.
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They would have been like wheat under the thresher when the creatures overran the house.
Crimson Wind Diana Pharaoh Francis 2011
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During the war in Gaza, the Sri Lankan government forces overran the last stronghold of the Tamil Tigers -- a group considered a terrorist organization by the U.S. government -- at the expense of dozens of civilians.
Numbers matter Not a sheep 2009
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The rebels said they overran Bir al-Ghanam on Saturday with support from NATO airstrikes.
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During the war in Gaza, the Sri Lankan government forces overran the last stronghold of the Tamil Tigers -- a group considered a terrorist organization by the U.S. government -- at the expense of dozens of civilians.
The BBC and its reporting of the recent Gaza conflict Not a sheep 2009
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The rebels said they overran Bir al-Ghanam on Saturday with support from NATO airstrikes.
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