Sentence examples for was first overrun from inspiring English sources

The camp was first overrun by ISIS about a year ago, with the Al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front maintaining control of some sections and a small anti-ISIS Palestinianian group called The Sons of Yarmouk also enjoying a limited presence.

The high press, that saw New York steamroller the opposition last year, was back with a vengeance, and Dallas's midfield were first overrun, and ultimately frustrated and petulant en route to an emphatic defeat.

Fox was second Sunday, benefiting from an overrun of its afternoon football coverage into the 7 p.m. hour (12.4 million), followed by the final two episodes of "King of the Hill" (6.1 million viewers).

First, it was nearly overrun by the demon Illidan and the Burning Crusade.

Two ARVN Marine companies managed to fight their way out of the ambush and back to Bình Gia, but the third was overrun and almost completely wiped out.

Nixon's second term was quickly overrun by the Watergate scandal, which began in 1972 when burglars tied to his re-election committee broke into the Democratic headquarters to get dirt on his political adversaries.

Jeter was caught overrunning second base.

One of the first barriers, 18m high and 10m wide, was overrun, but a second barrier blocked lava from moving further west.

Reduced to 10 men for the remainder of the first half and the entire second, Portugal was overrun by Germany in a 4-0 dismantling.

In the second world war Malacca was briefly overrun by the Japanese, but recently it has returned to the tranquillity of its birth.When your correspondent visited, a muezzin's call to Friday prayers floated up from a nearby mosque.

A second Babylonian attack succeeded, however, and the whole of Elam was apparently overrun, ending the Middle Elamite period.