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It sits on a sandy peninsula that has been spared from the tacky development that has overrun much of Cancún.

Politicians in Baghdad were reportedly bickering despite calls for unity to see off the jihadist offensive that has overrun swaths of the country.

At Floyd Bennett Field, some of the younger fighters who cannot afford to order more kites during the season will run after their downed fliers, climbing through the high grass that has overrun the airstrip to retrieve their kites.

The rest of the rooms have little character, except for beautifully machined bronze windows, with intricate worm gears and other controls; it seems a miracle that these have escaped the replacement-window monster that has overrun so many other buildings.

The nutria, a nonnative species that has overrun Gulf of Mexico wetlands since the value of its fur plummeted in the early 1980's, devours plants that keep the soil from washing away.

AFRICAN WILDLIFE OFTEN RUN AFOUL of ranchers securing food and water resources for their animals, but the interests of fauna and farmer might finally be unified by the "Sodom apple," a toxic invasive plant that has overrun vast swaths of East African savanna and pastureland.

The militias that had overrun Libya were squaring off in two rival coalitions battling for money and power.

In 1990 US forces were deployed in Saudi Arabia to defend it against the Iraqi forces that had overrun Kuwait.

About 372 Tipasa withstood an assault by Firmus, the leader of a Berber rebellion that had overrun the nearby cities of Caesarea (modern Cherchell) and Icosium (modern Algiers).

Despite her reaction, Yank can't get over Mildred's whiteness — her unstained skin seems unreal amid the murk and grief that have overrun his mind.

A senior Pentagon planning officer expects the current US air strikes in Iraq to have minimal and fleeting impact on the forces of the Islamic State (Isis) that have overrun much of the country.