encroachment

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Noun
  • Firewalls, intrusion detection systems, anti-malware software and email filtering are essential tools in your arsenal.
    Jeffery Stutzman, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Image Image Saltwater intrusion is threatening Lake Gatún’s other main function — namely, providing drinking water for half the country’s people.
    Charlie Cordero, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The researchers had been galvanized by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in February, 2022.
    Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The city is known worldwide as the site of a Russian massacre early in the 2022 invasion.
    Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Republican lawmakers have railed against previous legislation, including the more sweeping assault weapons ban proposals, as government overreach and infringements on the Second Amendment.
    Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The platform and ByteDance must convince the court to overturn a lower court's decision that the national security risks of TikTok outweigh the law's infringement of free speech rights.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Eleven of the 22 were arrested for criminal trespass, while the remainder were family groups and were referred to Border Patrol for processing.
    Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Eleven of those migrants were arrested for criminal trespass, with the family groups being referred to Border Patrol for processing, Abbott said.
    Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • TikTok is awaiting a final ruling from the Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments regarding the ban’s potential violation of the First Amendment on Jan. 10.
    Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Use regular audits, whistleblower protections and incident tracking systems to address violations.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Today, Israel is probably less worried than ever about what Russia thinks of its frequent incursions into Syrian airspace.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Officials from the Pentagon, Department of Energy, and FBI are still stumped about who’s behind the incursions, according to the Wall Street Journal.
    Noah Shachtman, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Encroachment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encroachment. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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