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Recent Examples of trespasser
Federal investigators and Denver police are continuing to piece together what led up to a deadly runway incident at Denver International Airport in which a trespasser was struck and killed by a departing Frontier Airlines plane.
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Jasmine Arenas,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
The system’s operator reviewed the alarm but assumed the motion detected had been nearby deer, and did not see the trespasser on the camera.
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The Denver Post Editorial Board,
Denver Post,
13 May 2026
An airport worker checked a surveillance camera and saw a herd of deer in the same area but did not initially see the trespasser, Washington said.
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Mead Gruver,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
In a statement Sunday, airport CEO Phil Washington characterized the person who was killed as a trespasser.
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Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
10 May 2026
Disney Channel alum Dylan Sprouse reportedly held a trespasser at gunpoint outside his Los Angeles home early Friday and tackled the man before authorities arrived at the scene.
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Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2026
One of them told Felder that the precinct had received a complaint about a trespasser at the synagogue.
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Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
The internet is obsessed with a giant dog trying to show his guarding skills against an unusual trespasser.
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Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Nov. 2025
Jasmine Arenas,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
The system’s operator reviewed the alarm but assumed the motion detected had been nearby deer, and did not see the trespasser on the camera.
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The Denver Post Editorial Board,
Denver Post,
13 May 2026
An airport worker checked a surveillance camera and saw a herd of deer in the same area but did not initially see the trespasser, Washington said.
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Mead Gruver,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
In a statement Sunday, airport CEO Phil Washington characterized the person who was killed as a trespasser.
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Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
10 May 2026
Disney Channel alum Dylan Sprouse reportedly held a trespasser at gunpoint outside his Los Angeles home early Friday and tackled the man before authorities arrived at the scene.
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Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2026
One of them told Felder that the precinct had received a complaint about a trespasser at the synagogue.
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Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
The internet is obsessed with a giant dog trying to show his guarding skills against an unusual trespasser.
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Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trespasser
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The offender is described as an African-American man between 40-45 years of age, weighing 180-200 pounds, and was last seen wearing a gray/black baseball cap, a light blue shirt, gray pants, and black gym shoes.
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To better understand what drives a young person to commit these crimes, CNN spent months searching for prior offenders willing to speak about their experience.
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The overpowering moral authority of wronged women, #MeToo’s skeptics alleged, would allow cynical wrongdoers to weaponize claims of victimhood for their own gain.
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Greylord was a watershed moment in its use of eavesdropping devices and a mole to obtain evidence instead of relying on wrongdoers to become government informants.
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This makes your accounts much harder to break into, even if a criminal gets control of your phone number.
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And historically, denaturalization has been reserved for the most egregious offenders, such as human rights abusers and violent criminals.
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That relationship was based on sinners confessing their sins to this vicar.
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More joy in Heaven over one sinner who repents than ninety-nine righteous people who’ve got nothing to repent.
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Incel ideology tied to past attacks Incel ideology has been linked to other mass killings in Canada, including the 2018 Toronto van attack, when a perpetrator who identified as an incel drove down a crowded sidewalk and deliberately killed 10 people.
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The perpetrator was sentenced to 13 years in prison in March.
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According to the department, at the time of the chase, Buban had multiple outstanding arrest warrants against him, including for being a felon in possession of a firearm, taking a vehicle without consent, false impersonation and petty theft.
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The charges included felon in possession of a firearm, petty theft, driving or taking a vehicle without consent, false impersonation, evading a police officer and failure to appear in court.
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The Common Law principles that shape sentencing are about accountability for the lawbreaker’s actions.
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Rollins is running for a job in justice, ostensibly to uphold the law and hold lawbreakers accountable.
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Helen is depicted variously in art and literature as both a transgressor and as a victim of abduction.
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“Trespasser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trespasser. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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