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
In late May, Israeli troops captured a nearby strategic mountain topped with the Crusader-era Beaufort Castle in the deepest incursion into the country since 2000.
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Bassem Mroue, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026
That’s one reason why AI continues to snowball even as many people want to fight its incursions into their lives.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Ukrainian drones have previously crashed in all three Baltic states, which all share borders with Russia, with officials blaming the inadvertent incursion on Russian electronic warfare.
—CBS News, 8 June 2026
Four years before Qatar, the tournament was in Russia, giving Vladimir Putin a turn on the global stage despite his incursions into Ukraine and Georgia.
—Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
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Bassem Mroue, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026
That’s one reason why AI continues to snowball even as many people want to fight its incursions into their lives.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Ukrainian drones have previously crashed in all three Baltic states, which all share borders with Russia, with officials blaming the inadvertent incursion on Russian electronic warfare.
—CBS News, 8 June 2026
Four years before Qatar, the tournament was in Russia, giving Vladimir Putin a turn on the global stage despite his incursions into Ukraine and Georgia.
—Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incursion
Noun
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Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has turned into Europe's worst conflict since World War II, with thousands of civilians and hundreds of thousands of troops killed.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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But both invasions were struck by massive typhoons.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
Noun
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Trump’s immigration team vows that more raids are forthcoming.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Authorities say Wednesday night's raid is part of a longer-term plan with more operations expected in the weeks ahead, before a third phase, which will focus on getting people who are struggling with addiction into treatment.—
Amanda Starrantino,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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“Incursion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incursion. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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