intrusion

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Recent Examples of intrusion Dozens of owners of brand-new homes in Caldwell and elsewhere in Southwest Idaho have told the Idaho Statesman about construction defects, including poor ventilation that traps moisture and mold, water intrusion and structural problems from poor framing. Idaho Statesman, 24 July 2025 Harry has publicly voiced grievances about how the couple was treated during their time as senior working royals, citing issues around press intrusion, family tensions and the toll on their mental health. Erin Hill, People.com, 12 July 2025 Todd Wolfson, the current president of the American Association of University Professors and a professor at Rutgers University, said the political intrusion into higher education is happening in other Southern states as well. Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025 The hackers combined the physical intrusion with remote access malware that used another novel technique to conceal itself, even from sophisticated forensic tools. Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for intrusion
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Noun
  • Scenarios encountered by drivers include other vehicles, pavement quality, debris on the road, pedestrians (alert or looking at their phone), traffic signals, signage, animal incursions, and weather variability which affects both perception and tire traction.
    Richard Bishop, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • To be sure, even if Europe is generally equipped to handle a possible Russian incursion, some specific U.S. ground systems will be difficult to replace.
    Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Like genre trespass, the champagne problem of market over-saturation, and—seemingly, in some cases—just to be silly.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Wading in a non-navigable stream, however, would be considered trespass without permission of the landowner, according to the Michigan State University Inland lakes Partnership.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • And with statutory damages for willful copyright infringement reaching up to $150,000 per work, massive damages are in play.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Intellectual property/copyright/trademark infringement.
    Edward Segal, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Further, Disability Rights Wisconsin would lose 62% of its funding for preserving the rights of people with mental illness and investigating abuse, neglect and rights violations across the state's in-patient facilities.
    Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Three Fort Worth restaurants were temporarily closed for serious health violations, including multiple roaches in the eateries, according to recent inspection reports.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Aug. 2025

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“Intrusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intrusion. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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