encroacher

Example Sentences

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A staple of any urban transformation is the inevitable clash of old vs. new, the indigenous and the encroacher, the longtime merchants accustomed to a certain culture and the developers driving the change.

From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2015

Today, the one notable encroacher on the park's priceless real estate is the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

From Time Magazine Archive

She usually chills the encroacher with a fixed, glassy stare, but sometimes she first tolerates, then welcomes his attentions.

From Time Magazine Archive

Love is an encroacher, says he: loves never goes backward.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 by Richardson, Samuel

There was no word of ancient enmity or of former wars, no mention of Bohemond as the ancient usurper of Antioch, and the encroacher upon the empire.

From Waverley Novels — Volume 12 by Scott, Walter, Sir