Sentence examples for almost overrun from inspiring English sources

In September 1980, however, Ābādān was almost overrun in the course of Iraq's surprise invasion of Khūzestān.

Pentagon officials noted that Captain Myer was awarded a Silver Star for his leadership during the vicious fight, in which the American and Afghan soldiers at the outpost were almost overrun by insurgents.

Previous inquiries focused on decisions and actions by the small unit assigned to a remote outpost in Wanat in northeastern Afghanistan, which was almost overrun in a surprise attack by insurgents.

Although the Marine defenses were almost overrun, Kawaguchi's attack was ultimately defeated, with heavy losses for the Japanese.

Almost overrun with souvenir joints, but still a sobering trip back to World War II, when Allied POWs were brutalized into building a railroad.

Kobane, which is also known by its Arabic name Ayn al-Arab, was almost overrun by a concerted IS offensive beginning in October last year.

Detouring around a hill almost completely overrun with tethered dogs, I turned into a lush green valley.

While the rocky intertidal zone that Steinbeck discovered in Cabo back then has been almost completely overrun by beaches and resort development, a day spent on the water captures some of that wonder.

He almost overran the Confederate lines before he was wounded and captured.

After the insurgents almost overran the district in December, the Afghan army and police sent reinforcements to stave them off.

ABC/BBC brilliantly followed this rule on the 18th, when a nearly crazed mob almost overran the fairway, interrupting Woods's march to the green.