as in invasion
a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory
there were incursions from the border every summer
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Recent Examples of incursion
The Japanese military has been dispatched to halt a major bear incursion.
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Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Several countries contributed extra fighter jets to the eastern flank, close to Russia, after the incursions.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
The town is under military quarantine after the series' biggest Big Bad Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) incursion from the Upside Down parallel world in the Season 4 finale.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
With the incursion comes deforestation and violence.
—Greg Dixon, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
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Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Several countries contributed extra fighter jets to the eastern flank, close to Russia, after the incursions.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
The town is under military quarantine after the series' biggest Big Bad Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) incursion from the Upside Down parallel world in the Season 4 finale.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
With the incursion comes deforestation and violence.
—Greg Dixon, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incursion
Noun
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In August, The Guardian said the Israeli Defense Forces' Unit 8200 had built a system in Microsoft's Azure cloud for tracking Palestinians' phone calls as part of the country's invasion of Gaza, leading Microsoft to investigate the newspaper's assertions.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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Iran, Baghdad’s arch enemy during Hussein’s rule, now enjoys significant influence in Iraq – another direct result of the US invasion.—
Ben Wedeman,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Three police officers lean on a silver car blocking a Louvre entrance, hours after thieves carried out a daylight raid on French crown jewels.—
NPR,
NPR,
9 Nov. 2025
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Advertisement 'Exhausted and bruised' The first video from last week, in which agents drive away with a toddler still in the back, took place in Los Angeles during a raid at Home Depot in the Cypress Park neighborhood.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Incursion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incursion. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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