as in to trespass
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The idea behind militarizing the buffer zone is that any apprehensions by service members would be treated similarly to trespassing on a military base, with troops holding migrants until law enforcement arrives.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
19 Mar. 2025 -
Patrol officers were dispatched to the 300 block of Asylum Street Tuesday on a report of a person trespassing on the property and refusing to leave, according to Lt. Aaron Boisvert of the Hartford Police Department.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
25 Feb. 2025
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None of these textual and historical realities will matter, however, if the courts ultimately decide that a president – simply saying that the country is being invaded by a foreign nation – is sufficient to legally invoke the act and is not subject to judicial review.—
Daniel Tichenor,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2025
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Disruptors keep invading your customer base while cybercriminals and fraudsters take aim every day.—
Seamus Smith,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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The program also gives their families seeds to start home gardens to cultivate Gullah land connections that have been lost to time, off-island migration, and encroaching development.—
Cynthia R. Greenlee,
Bon Appétit,
28 Feb. 2025
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Although initially unclear how the building collapsed, researchers are pointing to encroaching groundwater damage as a possible reason, the Technical University of Munich’s Fouad said.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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Lawyers for Morris argue that the lawsuit infringes on religious freedoms and that Morris never made any kind of enforceable agreement that would require him to return money to donors, according to court documents.—
Amy McDaniel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Mar. 2025
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But such an argument won’t assuage gun-rights groups, which argue that their ability to purchase firearms shouldn’t be infringed at all.—
Seth Klamann,
The Denver Post,
2 Mar. 2025
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Further study of what goes wrong in pregnancy at high elevation or when the oxygen levels reaching the fetus are low hopefully will reveal new indications of when to intervene.—
Tim Vernimmen,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Mar. 2025
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UltraViolet’s initiative is designed to pressure the Trump administration to intervene.—
David Catanese,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Chisel (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chisel%20%28in%29. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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