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Recent Examples of encroach
And to protect the swamp from encroaching mining efforts, the boundaries have been expanded by 22,000 acres.
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Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
As housing developments are built and expanded, more people encroach on tick habitats.
—Seth Roeser, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2025
This level of oversight extended beyond professional conduct, encroaching on the wrestlers' personal lives and appearances.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
As the Nazis encroached on Czechoslovakia in 1938, the Löw-Beers fled.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2025
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Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
As housing developments are built and expanded, more people encroach on tick habitats.
—Seth Roeser, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2025
This level of oversight extended beyond professional conduct, encroaching on the wrestlers' personal lives and appearances.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
As the Nazis encroached on Czechoslovakia in 1938, the Löw-Beers fled.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encroach
Verb
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If Russia or another country tries to intimidate, dominate or even invade a European country, this could hurt the American economy.—
John Deni,
The Conversation,
27 May 2025
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The problem is not the bears, but the invasive species invading their spaces — i.e., humans.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
27 May 2025
Verb
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For years, the Birch Glacier has been creeping down the mountainside, pressured by shifting debris near the summit.—
Dave Graham,
Christian Science Monitor,
29 May 2025
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Despite this, his ownership didn’t creep over the 10 per cent mark until the period around Newcastle’s Double Gameweek 32, with his brace against Leicester City in Gameweek 31 a particular highlight for my season, providing my biggest rank jump of the run-in.—
Holly Shand,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
Verb
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Fallen power lines snaked across the road and through the ditch.—
Miceala Morano,
Arkansas Online,
20 May 2025
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In Castelvetro that night, the lines for the bars snaked through the throng of dancers in the main square.—
Simon Willis,
Travel + Leisure,
10 May 2025
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“Encroach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encroach. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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