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Recent Examples of encroach
Shafer said that in spite of encroaching development, Deer Flat’s urban location encircling Lake Lowell may make the refuge less vulnerable to federal funding cuts.
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Alex Music
july 30, Idaho Statesman, 30 July 2025
During the same period, explorers began encroaching on the islands, including Captain James Cook and British fur trader John Meares, whose arrival is depicted in episode 2.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
But the move also means encroaching on the turf of chipmaker customers such as Qualcomm.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 31 July 2025
The building sits at the edge of the historic Steptoe neighborhood, a historically Black enclave now being encroached upon by St. Luke’s hospital expansions and new apartment builds.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2025
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Alex Music
july 30, Idaho Statesman, 30 July 2025
During the same period, explorers began encroaching on the islands, including Captain James Cook and British fur trader John Meares, whose arrival is depicted in episode 2.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
But the move also means encroaching on the turf of chipmaker customers such as Qualcomm.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 31 July 2025
The building sits at the edge of the historic Steptoe neighborhood, a historically Black enclave now being encroached upon by St. Luke’s hospital expansions and new apartment builds.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encroach
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Based on true events, Northern Irish painters hired to decorate Saddam Hussein’s palace become hostages when Iraq invades Kuwait.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
19 Aug. 2025
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Associated Press Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is a close ally of Putin, including in the years since the Russian leader invaded Ukraine.—
Sonam Sheth
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Aug. 2025
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The neighborhood drug dealing and violence eventually crept all the way up to the family's front porch, where one of her uncles was fatally shot, just seven months after her grandmother died.—
Brad Schmitt,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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Long before current inflationary problems, theater tickets had been creeping up for years in pricing, as the cost of running a show skyrocketed.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
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Hundreds of energized voters snaked around Union Square on Sunday afternoon, as New Yorkers sought one of the limited Zohran Mamdani Scavenger Hunt cards at the first clue stop.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Aug. 2025
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The river snaked on into the next county, but the trail stopped near the highway.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Encroach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encroach. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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