as in incursion
a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory
the army is finally making inroads into enemy territory
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Recent Examples of inroad
Big Tech’s relentless public push marks a break from previous years, including through the Biden administration, when companies struggled to make inroads at the White House and kept a lower profile.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
Canada and Brussels are poised to drop tariffs, and BYD is already making inroads in Mexico despite 50% duties.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 22 Jan. 2026
There are several other companies looking to make inroads in the space.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 22 Jan. 2026
That language seems more geared for progressives than moderates, indicating Murphy may be resisting a label as a conservative and wants to make inroads with more liberal voters.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 20 Jan. 2026
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
Canada and Brussels are poised to drop tariffs, and BYD is already making inroads in Mexico despite 50% duties.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 22 Jan. 2026
There are several other companies looking to make inroads in the space.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 22 Jan. 2026
That language seems more geared for progressives than moderates, indicating Murphy may be resisting a label as a conservative and wants to make inroads with more liberal voters.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 20 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inroad
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The photo ran on the front page of The Minnesota Star Tribune on Friday and already feels like a defining image of the long ICE incursion in Minneapolis—a powerful illustration of how the agency has acted, in broad daylight, with excessive force and impunity.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
25 Jan. 2026
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One was a rebellion against local police, and this is against a federal incursion that is viewed as unjust.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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The meeting, which officials said would be the first trilateral talks since Moscow’s 2022 invasion, comes after a US envoy met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, and Washington and Kyiv agreed to postwar security guarantees.—
Manal Albarakati,
semafor.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The idea for a new Help album had been percolating since around Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.—
Simon Vozick-Levinson,
Rolling Stone,
26 Jan. 2026
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The first raid left 30 insurgents dead in Panjgur district in Balochistan province, according to a military statement.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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The ban came after a series of immigration raids in and around Los Angeles, where federal agents were spotted wearing masks.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Inroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inroad. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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