gate-crashing

Definition of gate-crashingnext
present participle of gate-crash
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Verb
  • Hezbollah fighters have also inflicted significant casualties on invading Israeli forces.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Watermelon Pictures, the company founded by brothers Badie and Hamza Ali, earned an Oscar nomination this year for The Voice of Hind Rajab, directed by Kaouther Ben Hania, a film set in Gaza based on the true story of a five-year-old Palestinian girl killed in 2024 by invading Israeli forces.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • But the opening sequence was a rip-roaring cold open in which Mando and Grogu are infiltrating a base to take down an empire loyalist.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Though fur is very good at creating a warm, protective layer against wind, water is very good at infiltrating small spaces.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Songs here that start off surprisingly bracing resolve into big, sleek choruses, the work of firm believers in the power of heroic, high-protein mainstream alt-rock as a salve against encroaching darkness.
    Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The birds helped keep snakes at bay and warned of encroaching bobcats.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • There are worse things that could happen than Jimmy Fallon intruding upon your life in the game and being forced to adapt to that.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Where that movie was about one man intruding upon everyone else’s thoughts, however, this one is about everyone else’s thoughts intruding upon one man.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • More than two months after the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie's mom in an apparent kidnapping, residents in Nancy Guthrie's Catalina Foothills neighborhood have complained about vloggers and amateur journalists trespassing, the Pima County Sheriff's Department confirmed to USA TODAY.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Upward of 1,500 people were arrested in connection with the riot, most of whom had been convicted or pleaded guilty to charges ranging from trespassing to assaulting police officers.
    Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Doing that at speed without crashing requires constant correction.
    Adriana James-Rodil, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The aircraft exploded minutes after takeoff from Colón, a Caribbean port city about 50 miles from the capital, before crashing without survivors.
    Antonio Maria Delgado, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Gate-crashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gate-crashing. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.

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