intrusiveness

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Noun
  • Cotter received a two-minute penalty for goaltender interference, and Shesterkin and Markström were given two-minute penalties for leaving the crease and five minutes for fighting.
    Peter Baugh, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
  • After a scoreless first period, Jared Wright nearly put the Kings ahead midway through the second, but his goal was waved off for goaltender interference.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Both were stopped by officers a few blocks away and were taken in for questioning.
    Mike Darnay, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • In fact, the questioning of Chalker was part of a postmortem examination of a misstep by the case officer who had handed him the key.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
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“Intrusiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intrusiveness. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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