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That operation began on October 29, 1956, when Israel invaded the Sinai Peninsula and rapidly overwhelmed Egyptian forces.—
Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026 -
Food prices rose sharply after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, but that was largely due to the countries being major grain exporters.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2026
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Swalwell cut off ties to Fang in 2015, after intelligence officials briefed him and other members of Congress about Chinese efforts to infiltrate the legislative body.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2026
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As reporters, our job is to infiltrate that sacred space, to barge in with notebooks and cameras and ask questions that no one wants to answer, that very often no one yet has answers for.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2026
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Transit officials said the fence was essential and long overdue to prevent people from trespassing on the tracks and being killed, as trains were becoming faster and more frequent.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
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On Monday, March 2, two weeks before the fire, the person living in the basement apartment in the building complained to the property manager that Slate was trespassing in the maintenance and boiler area, Pekara said.—
Tara Molina,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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But instead of being destroyed like other intruding pathogens, the spores germinate and multiply.—
Hannah Kinzer,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2026
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Red-state politicians and tea party activists protested that Common Core intruded on state control of education; the Obama administration’s support for the standards intensified that opposition.—
Steven Yoder,
States Newsroom,
20 Mar. 2026
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Those rapid-fire changes have prompted advocates to sound the alarm — and sue the Justice Department — arguing that the new rules encroach on due process in the country’s immigration courts.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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When Mays retired last season and Antoine Thompson was hired, Graham stepped away, not wanting to encroach on the new head coach’s time.—
Ishmael Johnson,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Mar. 2026
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During a debate Tuesday, some lawmakers quibbled over whether the bill would infringe on the free market.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
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Didn’t Washington’s actions infringe on that authority?—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Gate-crash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gate-crash. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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