encroachment

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Noun
  • Advertisement Harvard has been fighting Trump’s unconstitutional intrusion into the strategic decisions of a private enterprise and winning four times in a row in federal lawsuits against Trump.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 7 July 2025
  • The notion of any return to normality feels abhorrent just now — a crass, unwelcome intrusion into private grief.
    Andy Jones, New York Times, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • Doyle also has two other convictions for narcotics possession, and in 2010 he was charged with armed home invasion and aggravated domestic battery stemming from an incident in Skokie.
    Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025
  • The strain of keeping Russia's invasion at bay, and the lack of progress in direct peace talks, has compelled Ukraine to seek more military help from the United States and Europe.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • Essential components of effective IP due diligence include a thorough ownership analysis, assessment of IP validity and enforceability and evaluation of potential infringement risks.
    Keegan Caldwell, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
  • There's two potential copyright infringements, Kupferschmid explained.
    Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • He was previously convicted in June 2024 of misdemeanor criminal trespass and criminal mischief at the end of a trial in which his ex-girlfriend testified against him.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 4 July 2025
  • All three were preliminarily charged with misdemeanor battery and disorderly conduct, while the woman had two additional charges of intimidation and criminal trespass/refusal to leave, according to Fox59.
    Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Kevin Guthrie, director of the Florida Department of Emergency Management, helped facilitate the tour and told lawmakers that those with yellow wristbands, the lowest level, had committed noncriminal offenses such as traffic violations.
    Kairi Lowery, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2025
  • The list obtained by the Herald/Times states that his uncle, Denis Alcides Solis Morales, has immigration violations and makes no mention of convictions or pending criminal charges.
    Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • The alleged embezzlement has been cited as one of the reasons for deficiencies in Russia’s defensive lines that failed to stem a surprise Ukrainian incursion in the region launched in August 2024.
    Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
  • Neither did Kennedy blame his predecessors for the Soviet incursion in Cuba, President Eisenhower, a Republican, and President Truman, a Democrat.
    Richard Cherwitz, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2025
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“Encroachment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encroachment. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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