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to enter for conquest or plunder
a superpower that had a tendency to invade and take over smaller and weaker countries
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Recent Examples of invading
Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
Because the nasal mucosa is exposed to so many irritants from the air, ranging from pet hair to pollen, the nose has multiple lines of defense against invading pathogens.
—Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Worse yet, a seedy private eye (Kevin Bacon) starts invading Maxine’s personal space and threatens to expose her murderous past.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
Consumers have long been concerned about their smart devices invading their privacy.
—Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 12 Oct. 2024
Being able to use the missiles’ full range could allow Ukraine to strike at drone and missile bases inside Russia, as well as disrupt supply lines to its invading troops.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Oct. 2024
Kids on bikes in Martha’s Vineyard join forces with a retired cop (Mel Gibson) to investigate mysterious and most likely monstrous forces invading their island.
—Dan Heching, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
The Biden administration had been discouraging Israel from invading Lebanon, Axios reported, and has privately expressed concern that doing so could increase support for Hezbollah among Lebanese people.
—Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Biden's administration believes that scenario would involve a deal in which Ukraine would give up territory to Russia — effectively rewarding Putin for invading.
—Alex Thompson, Axios, 29 Sep. 2024
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He’s made the bar his workstation, but anyone invading his personal bubble will likely be blasted by his keyboard cleaning spray or berated for getting germs near him.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
Because the nasal mucosa is exposed to so many irritants from the air, ranging from pet hair to pollen, the nose has multiple lines of defense against invading pathogens.
—Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Worse yet, a seedy private eye (Kevin Bacon) starts invading Maxine’s personal space and threatens to expose her murderous past.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
Consumers have long been concerned about their smart devices invading their privacy.
—Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 12 Oct. 2024
Being able to use the missiles’ full range could allow Ukraine to strike at drone and missile bases inside Russia, as well as disrupt supply lines to its invading troops.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Oct. 2024
Kids on bikes in Martha’s Vineyard join forces with a retired cop (Mel Gibson) to investigate mysterious and most likely monstrous forces invading their island.
—Dan Heching, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
The Biden administration had been discouraging Israel from invading Lebanon, Axios reported, and has privately expressed concern that doing so could increase support for Hezbollah among Lebanese people.
—Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Biden's administration believes that scenario would involve a deal in which Ukraine would give up territory to Russia — effectively rewarding Putin for invading.
—Alex Thompson, Axios, 29 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invading
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Her subversive and dominating personality, and sometimes insolent rhetoric in her active X presence set her apart from the likes of other female AI chatbots, such as Siri whose aim is to assist and serve.Fatemeh Fannizadeh, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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Bullock’s John Hotham is forced to manage an uprising of rogue military personal and armed insurgents on a semi-fictional January 6, 2025 that makes the real-life January 6, 2021 seem like insolent child’s play.Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 June 2024
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More specifically, the impudent Skull Kid steals the Ocarina of Time and turns Link into a Deku Scrub, those antagonistic tree cannons first introduced in Ocarina.Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
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In short, Moscow sees Montenegro as both strategically valuable and an impudent upstart that has thumbed its nose at the Russian bear while genuflecting before NATO and Washington.Edward P. Joseph, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2016
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In Biden’s tenure, U.S. adversaries have grown increasingly brazen in their provocations and ramped up cooperation with each other.Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
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The rise of brazen, unlicensed marijuana sellers is a relatively new phenomenon, probably driven in part by growing public acceptance of marijuana and the relatively easy access to pot being cultivated for legal sale in dozens of states.Lavanya Ramanathan, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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Some of the Israeli fans added to the tensions, Holla said, by attacking a taxi Wednesday as well as a Palestinian flag.Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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The new boss quickly set about completely overhauling the team and their approach, instilling an aggressive, attacking mindset which had been sorely lacking in previous seasons.Adam Digby, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Get ahead of the fashion game this October Prime Day with trendy fall fashion finds that are dominating wishlists everywhere.Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
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This helps prevent voices from dominating and promotes a creative environment.Jason Walker, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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Despite lines that are initially chatty and chirpy, Corden shows how bumptious his character really is.David Benedict, Variety, 26 June 2024
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Although not always directly correlated with being bumptious and arrogant, performing at a higher standard than others, and having something to show for it, will always garner attention.Clare French, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2024
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Pressure on prices Falling gas prices in the US should have been a wind at Harris’ back because voters, fairly or not, tend to associate the price at the pump with the party occupying the White House.Allison Morrow, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
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And then, occupying a more approachable swath of the shred spectrum, Siebert is an ultra-suave Wasatch wiggler and skintrack slayer, whose Backyard Boogie flicks celebrate the joys of riding powder with friends.Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 26 Sep. 2024
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People with higher risk scores can then be subject to what welfare recipients across the bloc have described as stressful and intrusive investigations, which can also involve their welfare payments being suspended.Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 16 Oct. 2024
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For Sullivan, the intrusive thoughts only picked up steam with age.Erica Sloan, SELF, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Invading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invading. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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