Thesaurus results for DEFORCEMENT

deforcement

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Their local rivalry might have continued if not for Russia launching its invasion of Ukraine and changing the trajectories of both their lives.

— Megan Molteni, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026
So what doesn’t Trump understand about Putin and how Russia has conducted its invasion of Ukraine?

— Tom Jurkowsky, Baltimore Sun, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of invasion

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However, in the present, start fining the people who regularly use the high-occupancy lanes with a sole driver in it.

— Letters to the Editor, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2026
Council members, however, were hesitant to commit to one of the three options without more data on the city’s downtown parking supply, including current occupancy information and user parking satisfaction.

— Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026

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However, uneven lithium plating and stripping can destabilize their operation.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
That worldview has become policy, aided in part by the hollowing out of the national security workforce—now stretched thin and focused on daily operations and multiple crises—and by the stripping of its coordination functions.

— Ariane Tabatabai, Time, 4 Aug. 2026

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OpenArt also has a tool that helps flag potential intellectual property infringement.

— Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
The suit lists five legal claims, alleging Brave has committed direct, contributory, and vicarious copyright infringement.

— Molly Crane Newman, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of infringement

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During the Nazi occupation of France, Germany began building the Atlantic Wall, a series of defensive fortifications stretching along the coast from Spain to Norway.

— Shahnaz Bashir, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026
Rather than ending the trouble Iraq caused, occupation created more problems.

— S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of occupation

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Asked if their particular concern was motivated by the prediction markets specifically or the broader encroachment of gambling into sports, fans differed.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
Doing so would entail repairing cracks that admit water, maintaining the foundations of each section, applying a sealant to slow the weathering process, and keeping the encroachment of vegetation in check.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

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The hijacking followed a resurgence of Somali piracy across the Gulf of Aden and western Indian Ocean.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026
Three years after the Ganj-i-Sawai heist, Richard Coote, New York’s colonial governor, described how one of his efforts to root out piracy had led him to Jones.

— Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

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