Some of the stadiums being built for the World Cup soccer tournament, scheduled for next year, have also been criticized for delays and cost overruns, and have become subjects of derision as protesters question whether they will become white elephants.

Tesla’s first decade was plagued by unmet deadlines, technical snafus and cost overruns.

At least this year's overrun isn't as unmanageable as last year!

The runway has 7,000 feet of paved surface, plus a 2,000-foot grass overrun.

If ice cream has too much overrun, it will be airy and foamy and will lack flavor.

The vine overran its trellis; the field is overrun with weeds.

As President Obama turns his attention once again to filling out a cabinet and writing an Inaugural Address, this much is clear: he should not expect to bask in a surge of national unity, or to witness a crowd of millions overrun the Mall just to say they were there.

The athlete overran the finish line and kept going.

The collision occurred when an up empty electric train travelling on the up main through line overran the inner home signal and rammed the side of the departing 6.14 p.m. Waterloo-Weymouth steam train, which was leaving platform 12 for the down main through line.

The performance overran by ten minutes, which caused some people to miss their bus home.

In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its bearing when its forward end goes beyond it.

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