gate-crashing

Definition of gate-crashingnext
present participle of gate-crash

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gate-crashing
Verb
  • The states argue the data collection risks invading student privacy, and leads to baseless investigations of colleges and universities.
    CBS News, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Of these three exceptions, the only one that still applies is to the children of diplomats, as there are no invading armies, and Native Americans were granted automatic citizenship in 1924.
    Nina Totenberg, NPR, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Still, Handala caused some chaos earlier this month after infiltrating US medical equipment provider Stryker and launching a data-wiping attack that affected tens of thousands of devices, including employee phones.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
  • By 1968, there were some three thousand Mary Kay consultants; over the following decades, the number grew to hundreds of thousands as the company expanded worldwide, infiltrating even Russia and China.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Brooks has no interest in the broader sweep of history and, indeed, no apparent knowledge of the philosophical accounts of encroaching meaninglessness which have been on offer for centuries.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Despite the many microphones, cameras and phones recording him — and a huddle of people encroaching on his personal space — Edwards could not stop smiling.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • But instead of being destroyed like other intruding pathogens, the spores germinate and multiply.
    Hannah Kinzer, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • New York State Police have arrested about a dozen people for trespassing there so far this year.
    Tony Aiello, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The home of Nicki Minaj is the subject of a police investigation after a man was arrested for allegedly trespassing on the rapper's property.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In this image taken from video provided by the Aker Qrill Company shows an activist ship, operated by the Captain Paul Watson Foundation, crashing into the Antarctic Sea, a vessel operated by Aker Qrill Company, on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Antarctica.
    CBS News, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Tiger Woods failed field sobriety tests after crashing into another vehicle last week, and had bloodshot eyes and two hydrocodone pills in his pants pocket, according to a probable cause arrest affidavit released Tuesday.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Gate-crashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gate-crashing. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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