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
With the incursion comes deforestation and violence.
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Greg Dixon, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
Europe is on high alert after multiple recent incursions by drones and aircraft into NATO airspace.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
The event was the latest public honoring of North Korean troops who fought in Russia to repel an incursion by Ukrainian forces.
—Reuters, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
The outlet added that the recent airspace incursions have fueled fears that Russian President Vladimir Putin could be testing NATO, though Moscow has denied this.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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Greg Dixon, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
Europe is on high alert after multiple recent incursions by drones and aircraft into NATO airspace.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
The event was the latest public honoring of North Korean troops who fought in Russia to repel an incursion by Ukrainian forces.
—Reuters, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
The outlet added that the recent airspace incursions have fueled fears that Russian President Vladimir Putin could be testing NATO, though Moscow has denied this.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incursion
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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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Another 564 Israelis were killed in raids carried out by Palestinians coming from the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria in the same period.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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These assets enable amphibious assaults, precision raids, and rapid response operations across the Caribbean theater.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Incursion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incursion. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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