as in invasion
a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory
there were incursions from the border every summer
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Rufus Gifford, a former U.S. ambassador to Denmark, said in a Sunday interview that the NATO alliance would be compelled to respond to any invasion or incursion into Greenland.
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Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
There are dozens of unexplained incursions of our airspace every year.
—Scott Simon, NPR, 11 Jan. 2025
Zelenskyy said last week that 4,000 North Korean soldiers have died or been wounded in the Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces have launched a cross-border incursion since August.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2025
Russia has been fighting a Ukrainian incursion in Kursk since August.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
There are dozens of unexplained incursions of our airspace every year.
—Scott Simon, NPR, 11 Jan. 2025
Zelenskyy said last week that 4,000 North Korean soldiers have died or been wounded in the Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces have launched a cross-border incursion since August.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2025
Russia has been fighting a Ukrainian incursion in Kursk since August.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Incursion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incursion. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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