Sentence examples for overran at from inspiring English sources

The insurgents overran at least three and perhaps as many as eight Afghan Local Police checkpoints — reports vary — that the police were forced to abandon after running out of ammunition.

It was an eerie feeling knowing we could be overrun at any moment".

PARIS -- Burgeoning cost overruns at two of its biggest aircraft programs pushed European Aeronautic Defense & Space into a steep loss for 2009.

There were inevitable delays and cost overruns; at various times, the project seemed on the verge of collapse.

In addition, there have been delays and cost overruns at another EDF new-build project in Flamanville, northern France.

The warning came amid official anger over lengthy delays and large cost overruns at the field, discovered in 2000.

Washington Group, based in Boise, Idaho, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March, blaming cost overruns at the unit it acquired.

(An enormous cost overrun at Shell's Sakhalin project, which will massively reduce the state's share of the profits, has bolstered this conviction).

PARIS -- Huge cost overruns at two of its biggest aircraft programs pushed European Aeronautic Defense and Space into a steep loss for 2009.

Delays and overruns at the laser project "will disrupt the investment needed to be made at the other laboratories," Mr. Hunter said.

Because other parts of this "stockpile stewardship" program may have to absorb cost overruns at the ignition facility, its political support has eroded.