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Recent Examples of encroach
Although no one was injured in this instance, earlier this week, a man was gored by a bison at the park after a group of tourists encroached on its space, as reported by The Associated Press.
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Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
To illustrate that encroaching epidemic, Ducournau toggles between two timelines, a structure that seems deliberately disorienting.
—Kyle Buchanan, New York Times, 21 May 2025
But bear defenders argue that people have encroached into bear habitat — not the other way around.
—Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 May 2025
The state, the thinking went, should not encroach on the natural order produced by the churning of free-market forces.
—Jennifer M. Harris, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
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Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
To illustrate that encroaching epidemic, Ducournau toggles between two timelines, a structure that seems deliberately disorienting.
—Kyle Buchanan, New York Times, 21 May 2025
But bear defenders argue that people have encroached into bear habitat — not the other way around.
—Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 May 2025
The state, the thinking went, should not encroach on the natural order produced by the churning of free-market forces.
—Jennifer M. Harris, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encroach
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The finale of season two — and specifically how the endorphin-releasing Rocky theme tune, Gonna Fly Now, kicked in just as the crowd invaded the pitch to celebrate that non-League exile was over — felt similarly unassailable.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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Their peaceful days were shattered on June 25, 1950, when North Korea invaded the South.—
Gawon Bae,
CNN Money,
27 June 2025
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Soon, Kelli’s voice creeps up a few octaves after Brit calls her insecure, prompting her to lay the glam team drama on the table.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
23 June 2025
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The Mets still have the best ERA in the majors at 3.08, but their month-by-month ERAs are creeping up — from 2.64 in March and April to 3.15 in May and 3.76 so far in June.—
Jerry Beach,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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When his man left to protect the lane against Gilgeous-Alexander snaking back against the blitz, Williams would get the swing pass from his point guard and attack the rotated defense.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
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During the early years, the Pines might have been best known as the home to the Hollywood Sportatorium, where people stuck in a long line of cars snaked along a two-lane road to see rock concerts.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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“Encroach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encroach. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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