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Recent Examples of encroachment
Technological encroachment on your love life doesn’t end with dating.
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Myisha Battle, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
The same fate could be a possibility for snow leopards in the event of any habitat changes -- even in the absence of human encroachment due to the remoteness of their range.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025
There’s a lead character’s creeping paranoia, a plot driven by nefarious and clandestine powers that be, the encroachment of the past on the present.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
The Westmoreland sale is illustrative of growing urban encroachment on farmland in Mecklenburg County and North Carolina as the population continues to exponentially grow.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
Zillow has declined in recent weeks on concerns regarding competitive encroachment and legal woes.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
The hero of the night was Lille goalkeeper Berke Ozer, who saved all three penalties after referee Erik Lambrechts ordered two separate retakes for encroachment.
—Gregg Evans, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
In his 1823 address to Congress, James Monroe warned Europeans against encroachment into the Western Hemisphere.
—Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
In Putin-era Russia, the takeover of NTV, and similar cases of state encroachment in the media, eventually led to a culture of self-censorship, in which outright bans or other repressive measures were relatively rare.
—Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Myisha Battle, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
The same fate could be a possibility for snow leopards in the event of any habitat changes -- even in the absence of human encroachment due to the remoteness of their range.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025
There’s a lead character’s creeping paranoia, a plot driven by nefarious and clandestine powers that be, the encroachment of the past on the present.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
The Westmoreland sale is illustrative of growing urban encroachment on farmland in Mecklenburg County and North Carolina as the population continues to exponentially grow.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
Zillow has declined in recent weeks on concerns regarding competitive encroachment and legal woes.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
The hero of the night was Lille goalkeeper Berke Ozer, who saved all three penalties after referee Erik Lambrechts ordered two separate retakes for encroachment.
—Gregg Evans, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
In his 1823 address to Congress, James Monroe warned Europeans against encroachment into the Western Hemisphere.
—Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
In Putin-era Russia, the takeover of NTV, and similar cases of state encroachment in the media, eventually led to a culture of self-censorship, in which outright bans or other repressive measures were relatively rare.
—Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encroachment
Noun
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Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken confirmed the intrusion, with the military launching an investigation into the drones’ origins and operators.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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His darkly satiric new movie, aptly titled One Battle After Another, opened September 26 to rapturous, or merely stunned, reviews, only to confront a $34 million box office intrusion from Taylor Swift — one that may ironically enhance Anderson’s future Oscar forays.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Taiwan's rugged terrain limits the number of beaches on which an invading PLA invasion source would be feasible, and these barges could deposit heavy vehicles beyond these beaches and directly onto coastal roads.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Along these lines, American casualties during the 1950 invasion of Korea by the North made US neutrality almost impossible.—
Omar Al-Ubaydli,
semafor.com,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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YouTube said creators terminated for copyright infringement or for violating its Creator Responsibility policies are not eligible.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
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Some of the prompts failed due to copyright infringement, while others worked.—
Jeniece Pettitt,Julia Boorstin,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Jake is revealed to be embezzling from his business and steadily engages in a series of moral, personal, and legal trespasses that are at least as bad as Vince’s.—
Andrew Bernard,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Oct. 2025
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Jose Olivo, 112 Southampton Street, Boston, trespass.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And there have been 70 weapons violations with a gun this year, versus 43 in 2024.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Oct. 2025
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Tamara and her cousins say the audio release is just the latest violation of their rights under Marsy’s Law, a California statute that gives crime victims the rights to privacy, dignity and respect.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Despite recent investments, the military gap with China continues to widen as Beijing continues to expand its vast missile arsenal and conduct near-daily incursions across the Taiwan Strait—previously a de facto boundary largely respected by both the Taiwanese and Chinese militaries.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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And the reality on the ground suggests that the two countries are still far from sealing any deal to end the Israeli military incursions into Syrian territory that have occurred since the fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad in December 2024.—
Mireille Rebeiz,
The Conversation,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Encroachment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encroachment. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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