incursion
noun
in·cur·sion
in-ˈkər-zhən 
1
: a hostile entrance into a territory : raid
2
: an entering in or into (something, such as an activity or undertaking)
his only incursion into the arts
Examples of incursion in a Sentence
an incursion into enemy airspace
there were incursions from the border every summer
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Thousands of Palestinians have been displaced from their homes because of these incursions.
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Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 21 Feb. 2025
That was not only a major decline from 2023, but the fewest number of runway incursions in the previous decade.
—Harry Enten, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
The anticommunist atmospherics of the Cold War derailed any further incursions by the Weavers into the pop mainstream.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
Nor did Xi approve North Korea’s direct involvement in Russia’s war against Ukraine, which has included the deployment of some 10,000 North Korean soldiers to Russia’s Kursk region, to repel a Ukrainian incursion.
—Sergey Radchenko, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2025
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Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 21 Feb. 2025
That was not only a major decline from 2023, but the fewest number of runway incursions in the previous decade.
—Harry Enten, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
The anticommunist atmospherics of the Cold War derailed any further incursions by the Weavers into the pop mainstream.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
Nor did Xi approve North Korea’s direct involvement in Russia’s war against Ukraine, which has included the deployment of some 10,000 North Korean soldiers to Russia’s Kursk region, to repel a Ukrainian incursion.
—Sergey Radchenko, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Incursion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incursion. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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incursion
noun
in·cur·sion
in-ˈkər-zhən
: a sudden usually temporary invasion : raid
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