Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gate-crashing
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Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin has stressed that the agency is not invading or raiding classrooms.—
Arthur Jones II,
ABC News,
5 Feb. 2026 -
Infantino was also pressed on the calls for countries to boycott this year’s World Cup due to concerns relating to Trump’s rhetoric around invading Greenland and his domestic immigration policies.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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The Diaspora Ministry, which proposed them, says they are aimed at preventing Hamas and other militant groups from infiltrating aid groups.—
Samy Magdy,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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His primary qualification for infiltrating the innermost sanctums of Trumpworld would seem to be a vast capacity for cozying up to friends of the Donald.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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Coyotes are encroaching on urban areas, and have killed household pets and livestock, while sometimes also biting humans.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Next to him on the catwalk-slash-stage, Marguerite LeRolland, senior global insight manager at data analytics firm Euromonitor, spoke about the shifting political landscape and encroaching economic pressures.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
23 Jan. 2026
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Rewatching bits and pieces of the director’s filmography this week, the ongoing investigation into the killings of Reiner and his wife kept intruding.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
16 Dec. 2025
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Supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research’s long-standing Research for Civil Security program, the system uses an extendable net to safely capture intruding drones without causing debris or collateral damage.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Nov. 2025
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Elizabeth and her family are attending as guests and Michael is caught trespassing.—
Rebecca Angel Baer,
Southern Living,
29 Jan. 2026
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Municipal Judge Margo Kirchner has ruled that Paul Florsheim, a Shorewood resident and professor at the University of Wisconsin − Milwaukee, was trespassing on private property while walking along Lake Michigan last summer.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Norway suffered a second blow this week as racer Fredrik Moeller was taken to the hospital after crashing in the men’s first downhill training run today.—
Kevin Collier,
NBC news,
4 Feb. 2026
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The center was the first acquisition of the 2021 roster rebuild for Artūras Karnišovas, who took a major swing to craft a roster that climbed to the top of the Eastern Conference before crashing out of a first-round series with the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2022 playoffs.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Gate-crashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gate-crashing. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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