as in invades
to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits
each year the sea continues to encroach upon the island's beaches
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Recent Examples of encroaches
This revival finds new power in the intimate story of a family learning to love again set against one of the most consequential moments of the twentieth century, as the Nazi regime rises to power and authoritarianism encroaches on daily life.
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Greg Evans,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
Paglen’s ideas, collected between two covers, carve a clean, linear path through our messy neural era, engaging in the kind of big-picture sense-making that books remain well suited to do, even as AI encroaches on this terrain.
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Louis Bury,
ARTnews.com,
1 May 2026
Meta, Anthropic and Apple all now use TPUs, as Google increasingly encroaches on a market cornered by Nvidia's graphics processing units.
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Katie Tarasov,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
As the Chinese men shoot the breeze and play cards, a mob of armed white miners gathers over the hill and encroaches on the unsuspecting outsiders.
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Guy Lodge,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2026
Cloud Dancer, a white that is both warm and cool, reflects an overwhelmed feeling among consumers as the world feels louder and technology, in particular AI, encroaches further into our lives.
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Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
4 Dec. 2025
As the third weekend of November encroaches upon us, so does the holiday season — and streaming networks are picking up the cheer in full swing.
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Rebecca Aizin,
PEOPLE,
14 Nov. 2025
The study reveals as urbanization increasingly encroaches upon bat-safe caves, invasive, city-dwelling rats are likely to follow.
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NPR,
8 Nov. 2025
Apparently, our west block wall encroaches six feet into our neighbor’s back yard, which includes our swimming pool motor and related equipment.
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Christopher A. Combs,
AZCentral.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
Paglen’s ideas, collected between two covers, carve a clean, linear path through our messy neural era, engaging in the kind of big-picture sense-making that books remain well suited to do, even as AI encroaches on this terrain.
—
Louis Bury,
ARTnews.com,
1 May 2026
Meta, Anthropic and Apple all now use TPUs, as Google increasingly encroaches on a market cornered by Nvidia's graphics processing units.
—
Katie Tarasov,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
As the Chinese men shoot the breeze and play cards, a mob of armed white miners gathers over the hill and encroaches on the unsuspecting outsiders.
—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2026
Cloud Dancer, a white that is both warm and cool, reflects an overwhelmed feeling among consumers as the world feels louder and technology, in particular AI, encroaches further into our lives.
—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
4 Dec. 2025
As the third weekend of November encroaches upon us, so does the holiday season — and streaming networks are picking up the cheer in full swing.
—
Rebecca Aizin,
PEOPLE,
14 Nov. 2025
The study reveals as urbanization increasingly encroaches upon bat-safe caves, invasive, city-dwelling rats are likely to follow.
—
NPR,
8 Nov. 2025
Apparently, our west block wall encroaches six feet into our neighbor’s back yard, which includes our swimming pool motor and related equipment.
—
Christopher A. Combs,
AZCentral.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encroaches
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Smoke invades their businesses, even their sleep Inside MV Automotive at East Olympic Boulevard and Alma Avenue, Manny Villasenor, whose father owns the mechanic shop, said the smoke had forced him to close earlier.
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The monstrous entity that invades their little circle tests that comforting intimacy.
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Misalignment creeps in simply because a high volume of choices are handed off to local leaders operating under distinct market pressures.
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As our conversation extends into the hour mark, her hood creeps upward along the side of her face most visible to those around us.
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The rest of the film drags, the pacing falters, and the story inches toward a mediocre conclusion.
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Every generation inches it forward.
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When a Knicks game lets out at the Garden or concertgoers from the Meadowlands pour out of Penn Station, crowds pack the Tick Tock’s orange-and-green banquettes and the line snakes out the door.
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The River Caqueta snakes nearly 1,800 miles into the heart of the Amazon rainforest.
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