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Recent Examples of irruption Orwell narrowed it down to the Edwardian era — 1901 to 1919 — long before the irruptions of two world wars and the Great Depression. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025 This is the largest owl irruption in Minnesota in two decades. Dan Kraker, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2025 An irruption is a sudden change in population density. San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2023 What is an irruption? Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2022
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Noun
  • Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed for foreign fighters to join his country’s International Legion, which supplements the army’s ranks to counter Russia’s incursion.
    Rebecca Johns, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Johnson announced the news late Friday as many Chicagoans were preoccupied with the impending federal incursion or already logged off for the week.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This time producer Brad Ingelsby tapped Mark Ruffalo as a depressed and traumatized FBI agent leading a task force investigating a series of home invasions targeting drug dens in the area.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Kim, Xi and Putin gathered for the military parade amid Ukrainian and Western concerns over the collaboration of the three nations in bolstering Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, ongoing since February 2022.
    Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In California’s strawberry fields, an ICE raid sparked widespread panic and disruption among farmworker communities.
    David Rodriguez Muñoz, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • South Korean workers detained during a massive immigration raid in Georgia Thursday will be returned to South Korea on a chartered flight following negotiations, an official announced Sunday.
    Hanna Park, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Irruption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irruption. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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