Sentence examples for in overrunning from inspiring English sources

In overrunning Albany, Hofstra got six touchdown passes from Rocky Butler and 214 rushing yards from Trevor Dimmie.

The army launched a final offensive in mid-May and succeeded in overrunning and occupying the rebels' last stronghold.

A final offensive by army forces in mid-May succeeded in overrunning and occupying the rebels' last stronghold, and the LTTE leadership (including Prabhakaran) was killed.

Above all is the feeling that if Japan does succeed in overrunning China, the threat to British interests will be so acute, both in China and further south, that a great imperial conflict might some day develop.

The Italians granted very generous terms to the French: the only French territory that they claimed to occupy was the small frontier tract that their forces had succeeded in overrunning since June 20.

Cassius succeeded in overrunning Mesopotamia and even took Ctesiphon, the Parthian capital; he was therefore able to conclude a peace that safeguarded Rome's eastern provinces and client kingdoms (166).

Black's d5 bishop was a key to his counterplay which climaxed in 26...Nf3+! overrunning the white king.

In May, overrunning works at Colchester led to similar disruption across three counties.

The US withdrew from South Vietnam in 1973, and the embassy in Saigon was overrun in 1975.

Auditors attributed an additional $26.6 million in overruns to the failure of transit officials to monitor expenses.

The move comes as NASA tries to curtail an estimated $4 billion in overruns connected with the space station project.