as in invasion
a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory
there were incursions from the border every summer
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Whether Pakistan was using a mass of drone incursions and missiles to actually try to hit India’s military sites or just to warn India and probe its air-defense systems for something bigger later is still unclear.
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Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 11 May 2025
In the years since, Chinese incursions into the areas surrounding what Japan refers to as the Senkaku Islands—administered by Japan but also claimed by China, which refers to them as the Diaoyu Islands—have become more frequent, with greater numbers of larger and more heavily armed vessels.
—Ely Ratner, Foreign Affairs, 27 May 2025
In response to criticism of the Israeli military’s further incursion into Gaza, Netanyahu launched a blistering attack on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and Carney, saying the leaders are on the wrong side of justice.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 23 May 2025
The abrupt stop of intelligence-sharing and fresh military supplies came as Ukraine grappled to hold onto a chunk of Russian territory in the country's Kursk region, into which Kyiv launched a surprise incursion last summer.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
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Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 11 May 2025
In the years since, Chinese incursions into the areas surrounding what Japan refers to as the Senkaku Islands—administered by Japan but also claimed by China, which refers to them as the Diaoyu Islands—have become more frequent, with greater numbers of larger and more heavily armed vessels.
—Ely Ratner, Foreign Affairs, 27 May 2025
In response to criticism of the Israeli military’s further incursion into Gaza, Netanyahu launched a blistering attack on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and Carney, saying the leaders are on the wrong side of justice.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 23 May 2025
The abrupt stop of intelligence-sharing and fresh military supplies came as Ukraine grappled to hold onto a chunk of Russian territory in the country's Kursk region, into which Kyiv launched a surprise incursion last summer.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incursion
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The previous talks on May 16 in the same Turkish city were the first direct peace negotiations since the early weeks of Moscow's 2022 invasion.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 June 2025
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Moscow has used long-range bombers and their cruise missile armaments to attack Ukrainian cities throughout the full-scale invasion.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
2 June 2025
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When Pride Month began The monthlong global celebration began with Gay Pride Week in late June 1970, a year after the violent police raid at New York’s Stonewall Inn, a gay bar.—
Geoff Mulvihill,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2025
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Earlier in the year, CBP agents conducted a three-day raid in rural parts of Kern County targeting day laborers and Latino farmworkers.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2025
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“Incursion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incursion. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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