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Recent Examples of encroach
Critics—led by digital privacy groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation—argued that such requests had risked normalizing ubiquitous surveillance and encroached on civil liberties.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
In one of his replies, Goldsmith told Paisley that the fire was now encroaching on Altadena, where Goldsmith, his wife Mandy Moore, and their children live.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2025
Similarly, we’re told that this island has been struggling with modernity, experiencing an existential crisis because its age-old traditions and seemingly unchanging ways are being encroached upon by technology and outsiders.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2025
Many pointed out that humans have encroached on mountain lion habitat.
—Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 13 Jan. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
In one of his replies, Goldsmith told Paisley that the fire was now encroaching on Altadena, where Goldsmith, his wife Mandy Moore, and their children live.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2025
Similarly, we’re told that this island has been struggling with modernity, experiencing an existential crisis because its age-old traditions and seemingly unchanging ways are being encroached upon by technology and outsiders.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2025
Many pointed out that humans have encroached on mountain lion habitat.
—Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encroach
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If Earthrealm loses its 10th consecutive tournament against Outworld, then Shao Kahn will invade Earth and take over.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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None of these textual and historical realities will matter, however, if the courts ultimately decide that a president – simply saying that the country is being invaded by a foreign nation – is sufficient to legally invoke the act and is not subject to judicial review.—
Daniel Tichenor,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2025
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Prices have crept upwards, a strategy also reflected in its sister brands COS and Arket who are edging towards what can only be described as ‘mid-tier luxury’ high street - no longer shy about four-figure price tags on coats.—
Zoe Bayliss Wong,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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After 1850, carbon dioxide levels crept up slowly at first and then rapidly accelerated.—
Paul Bierman,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2025
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Some 11,000 of them live in the small towns and enclaves linked by two-lane highways and narrow gravel roads snaking through the forest.—
Frank Morris,
NPR,
18 Mar. 2025
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With its warm wood planking, plentiful resting areas, and plantings of long, waving grasses, the park, no matter how crowded, feels like a calm canyon snaking through crumbling tenements and monumental skyscrapers, offering occasional glimpses of the Hudson River beyond.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Encroach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encroach. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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