Examples of irruption in a Sentence

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Recent Examples on the Web An irruption is a sudden change in population density. San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2023 This irruption of violence dovetailed with the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, which began as a social club in Tennessee and then quickly metastasized into a band of white supremacist terrorists. Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2023 Data from recent years show a winter poor as this one was followed, two years later, by the biggest irruption in generations, according to Weidensaul. Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2023 The numbers are low for the middle of November, Brady said, and suggest an irruption, in which large numbers of owls move into Wisconsin and the U.S., is unlikely this year. Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2021 According to Rauch, the last irruption of snowy owls in the D.C. area was in 2014, when at least four were reported. Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2022 The reasons aren’t hard to imagine: the irruption of e-commerce and changes in consumer habits. Damian Scalerandi, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021 The exact cause of an irruption is unknown and difficult to predict, although according to the DNR in recent irruption years more owls had been spotted by this time — 84 in 2017, 82 in 2015 and 44 in 2014. Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irruption
Noun
  • This includes, most notably, Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, both of which Israel has dismantled through air strikes, incursions, and high-profile assassinations.
    Uri Friedman, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024
  • But Russia has struggled to push Ukrainian forces out of its Kursk border region following an incursion almost three months ago.
    Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • John Grant chief analyst at OAG Rising costs Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the EU and the United Kingdom, along with other Western nations, imposed a blanket flight ban on Russian aircraft.
    Monica Pitrelli, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin became the first senior US official to confirm the development on the record as North Korea and Russia have forged increasingly friendly ties since Moscow began its invasion.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • His support for a closer alignment with Moscow could embolden Russian aggression in Eastern Europe, leading to a potential complete Russian occupation of Ukraine and raids on NATO member countries.
    Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Hankison, who had been with Louisville Metro Police for about 17 years at the time of the raid and was one of three officers to discharge their weapons that night, fired 10 rounds into Taylor's apartment through a covered glass door and window.
    Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 2 Nov. 2024

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“Irruption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irruption. Accessed 7 Nov. 2024.

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