infringing

Definition of infringingnext
present participle of infringe
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Verb
  • The Appeal-Democrat newspaper reported in a police blotter article last summer that Daniels was arrested on July 11 on suspicion of drug possession and violating parole, and he was booked then at the Yuba County Jail.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
  • He was twice arrested for protesting on OpenAI’s San Francisco campus, and arrested again in 2025 for violating a judge’s order not to return.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
Verb
  • Driving Saddam Hussein from Kuwait was justified, but invading his country over a decade later was not.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 May 2026
  • As with everything, artificial intelligence is invading courtrooms.
    John Seiler, Oc Register, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Earlier this year, a gunman was killed at the president’s Mar-a-Lago residence after breaching a security perimeter.
    Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Israel and Lebanon yesterday agreed to extend a ceasefire by three weeks, though some clashes between Israel and Hezbollah militants have continued, with each accusing the other of breaching the agreement.
    Dennis Romero, NBC news, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Likewise, Levine has said city staff has tried to discover the best way to address the important issue of residents needing cell phone service, without impinging on enjoyment of Wentworth Park.
    Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Upgrades will require significant reinforcement of some walls and elevator shafts, though engineers have found ways to do the work by pouring new concrete footings and installing additional steel bracing without significantly impinging on internal spaces or being visible on exterior surfaces.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Baselitz was charged with offending public morality; the case dragged on for two years before being dismissed, but his reputation was cemented.
    News Desk, Artforum, 1 May 2026
  • The image of an officer peering into the empty driver’s seat of the offending vehicle may have been good for a chuckle, but other incidents have been no laughing matter.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • That’s no different from foreign bots intruding into our elections.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 May 2026
  • There are worse things that could happen than Jimmy Fallon intruding upon your life in the game and being forced to adapt to that.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The selection of both Mojtaba Khamenei and Zolghadr also indicated that the regime’s hard-liners were doubling down and further entrenching themselves in response to the hostilities.
    Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The war also served as a springboard for battlefield heroes to achieve future political power, partially through entrenching and expanding the role of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps -- IRGC -- in the running of the country.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026
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“Infringing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infringing. Accessed 9 May. 2026.

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