Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gate-crashing
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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
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In at least some of the recent cases, this involved infiltrating the victim’ delivery apps like DoorDash or Uber Eats with malware, allowing thieves to learn the victim’s address and other key information.—
Megan Cassidy,
San Francisco Chronicle,
3 Apr. 2026
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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
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Since September, Rwanda’s government has been mapping agricultural land and using satellite imagery to track any development encroaching on farmlands and forests in a country where the population is expected to reach 22 million in a couple of years.—
Evelyne Musambi,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Since September, Rwanda's government has been mapping agricultural land and using satellite imagery to track any development encroaching on farmlands and forests in a country where the population is expected to reach 22 million in a couple of years.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
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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
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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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New York State Police have arrested about a dozen people for trespassing there so far this year.—
Tony Aiello,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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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
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Word of a two-week ceasefire in the war in Iran and a possible reopening of the vital Strait of Hormuz to oil tankers sent crude prices crashing on Tuesday evening into Wednesday.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2026
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The worry in markets has been that a long-term disruption will keep oil prices high for a long time and send a painful wave of inflation crashing through the global economy.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Gate-crashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gate-crashing. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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