gate-crashing

Definition of gate-crashingnext
present participle of gate-crash

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gate-crashing
Verb
  • So what’s the point of invading Venezuela?
    U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Her father was detained by invading forces during the Bay of Pigs.
    Eyder Peralta, NPR, 5 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Hannah cares for a charming high school athlete while working with Charlie to cover their tracks by infiltrating the hospital computer system.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Jan. 2026
  • As early as 2019, Fuentes spoke to his followers about infiltrating the right by blending in with the rest of the GOP.
    Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Nobody wants to deal with our old devil, even if the new one comes with an encroaching open threat actively bubbling in the Caribbean and Latin America at large.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Gamers aren’t exactly optimistic about AI encroaching on the experience, especially amid deep confusion over how exactly developers and studios are looking to leverage the tech.
    Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • China should also agree to hold fewer and smaller military exercises around Taiwan and stop intruding into Taiwan’s contiguous zone, which extends 24 nautical miles around the island.
    STEPHEN WERTHEIM, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Over the past year, Ukraine dispatched thousands of wheeled ground robots to its frontline military units to help deliver supplies, evacuate the wounded and, in some cases, attack the intruding Russians troops and push them out without risking the lives of Ukrainian soldiers.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Our shoulders, hands, and arms may pass through private airspace because the 10th Circuit Court ruled that’s not trespassing.
    Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The notice warned that anyone who remained could be subject to arrest for trespassing.
    David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 18 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Her vehicle accelerated down the road, crashing into parked cars nearby.
    Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The Honda traveled another several feet before crashing into another car.
    WCCO Staff, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Gate-crashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gate-crashing. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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