as in invasion
a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory
there were incursions from the border every summer
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Though questions remain about the government’s ability to put in place the proper security measures to prevent a possible gang incursion, the port is viewed as a positive development in a region where people are desperate for access to the outside world.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 16 July 2025
The Central African nation, a major cocoa and oil producer, has in recent years grappled with a separatist conflict in its English-speaking regions and incursions from jihadist group Boko Haram in the north.
—semafor.com, 14 July 2025
On the ground in the Russian border region of Kursk, where North Korean soldiers helped repel Ukraine’s incursion last year, the reclusive state’s soldiers are reportedly living in dugouts, fighting – and dying – alongside Russian troops.
—Will Ripley, CNN Money, 11 July 2025
The alleged embezzlement has been cited as one of the reasons for deficiencies in Russia’s defensive lines that failed to stem a surprise Ukrainian incursion in the region launched in August 2024.
—Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 16 July 2025
The Central African nation, a major cocoa and oil producer, has in recent years grappled with a separatist conflict in its English-speaking regions and incursions from jihadist group Boko Haram in the north.
—semafor.com, 14 July 2025
On the ground in the Russian border region of Kursk, where North Korean soldiers helped repel Ukraine’s incursion last year, the reclusive state’s soldiers are reportedly living in dugouts, fighting – and dying – alongside Russian troops.
—Will Ripley, CNN Money, 11 July 2025
The alleged embezzlement has been cited as one of the reasons for deficiencies in Russia’s defensive lines that failed to stem a surprise Ukrainian incursion in the region launched in August 2024.
—Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
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After a home invasion that put his wife, Becca (Connie Nielsen) and kids Sammy (Paisley Cadorath) and Brady (Gage Monroe) in peril, Hutch snaps back to his old ways as an off-the-books government assassin and goes scorched earth on the bad guys.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Zelensky has also warned that territory conceded to Russia would simply be used as a springboard for further invasions, as happened with Crimea, illegally annexed by Moscow in 2014, and used as a launchpad for the full-scale war in 2022.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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Since then, his administration has ramped up immigration raids on businesses, threatened widespread deportation, and canceled temporary legal status for more than a million people living in the United States.—
Alexander Kustov,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Aug. 2025
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In another instance, troops that went with a federal agency conducting a raid at a cannabis farm in Riverside County formed a security perimeter that prevented people from leaving.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Incursion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incursion. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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