as in invades
to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits
each year the sea continues to encroach upon the island's beaches
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Recent Examples of encroaches
Apparently, our west block wall encroaches six feet into our neighbor’s back yard, which includes our swimming pool motor and related equipment.
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Christopher A. Combs, AZCentral.com, 16 Sep. 2025
While a new generation of young singer-songwriters encroaches on country music’s old guard by the day, the Texas barnstormer has found his footing with a fan base hell-bent on capturing every moment Myers affords them.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
The rise of fascism encroaches on her like a disease, culminating in a personal invitation from Mussolini himself, but we’re dealt countless scenes of Eleonora’s psychosis before we’re granted a contextual explanation of what feeds it.
—Blake Simons, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
However, if someone encroaches on another traveler's space, the airline may reassign them to a different seat or ask them to take a later flight.
—Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
García plays 65-year-old coffee grower Victoria who challenges a real estate project that encroaches on her land and disrupts her life.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 11 Aug. 2025
This trade hedges against broader retail weakness, as both companies operate in athletic footwear, yet Hoka’s momentum directly encroaches on Nike’s performance segment.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025
Christopher A. Combs, AZCentral.com, 16 Sep. 2025
While a new generation of young singer-songwriters encroaches on country music’s old guard by the day, the Texas barnstormer has found his footing with a fan base hell-bent on capturing every moment Myers affords them.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
The rise of fascism encroaches on her like a disease, culminating in a personal invitation from Mussolini himself, but we’re dealt countless scenes of Eleonora’s psychosis before we’re granted a contextual explanation of what feeds it.
—Blake Simons, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
However, if someone encroaches on another traveler's space, the airline may reassign them to a different seat or ask them to take a later flight.
—Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
García plays 65-year-old coffee grower Victoria who challenges a real estate project that encroaches on her land and disrupts her life.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 11 Aug. 2025
This trade hedges against broader retail weakness, as both companies operate in athletic footwear, yet Hoka’s momentum directly encroaches on Nike’s performance segment.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encroaches
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Israel invades Gaza as UN report alleges genocide.—
Sam Tobin,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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This comes through most clearly in the depiction of Baktan Cross, a sanctuary city that Lockjaw invades via Operation Boot Heel, and whose citizens band together and fight back.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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The Japanese influence creeps in again with a matcha white chocolate chip cookie.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Sep. 2025
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Employees notice the waves of shiny experiments that come and go (with no momentum), and cynicism creeps in.—
Aditya Vikram Kashyap,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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As Congress inches closer to a possible government shutdown, many federal services North Carolinians depend on might be disrupted.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Sep. 2025
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Williams edged the Bills’ Josh Allen and Ravens’ Lamar Jackson for the honor, while Dolphins’ Tua Tagovailoa inches up one spot to 18th overall.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The district snakes through southeast Texas from the border near Hidalgo − through Pulido's native Edinburg − and northward up around Corpus Christi, where the Tejano singer Selena has her roots.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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The Wild Flint The Flint snakes down Georgia, a safe distance from I-85 and I-75, before joining the Chattahoochee River in Lake Seminole and cutting across the Florida Panhandle as the Apalachicola River.—
David Hanson,
Southern Living,
13 Sep. 2025
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