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She initially welcomed the project, before realising the airport would encroach on her land.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

He warns that humanoid robots might encroach on the manual-labor jobs some see as AI-proof.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

A report that Meta is in discussions to buy billions of dollars’ worth of Alphabet’s highly specialized AI microchips has led to speculation that the Google parent could encroach on Nvidia’s dominant market share.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 26, 2025

Roughly midway through, Pynchon’s characters hightail it all the way to proto-fascist Budapest, where shadows more lethal than any Tommy gun begin to encroach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025

Ivy held prior place in this lost garden, the long strands crept across the lawns, and soon would encroach upon the house itself.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

The Akal Takht says the law does not limit itself to criminalising acts of sacrilege but also encroaches on matters that should be decided by Sikh religious institutions.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

It also has begun the construction of a wall that encroaches on Lebanese territory, according to Unifil, the United Nations peacekeeping force.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025

Children’s programming has been a growth area for Netflix as it encroaches on the traditional broadcasters’ turf.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025

Even when they aren't being poached, apes are threatened by habitat loss as human civilization increasingly encroaches on their natural habitats.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2024

Since only 10 percent of thru-hikers make it this far, and it is too distant for most day hikers, the trail in Maine is much more thinly used, and so the foliage encroaches.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

The meta-reality and meta-commentary of the broadcast encroached on and eventually overtook the game on the field.

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026

At the time, Lord Rennard apologised if he had "inadvertently encroached" upon "personal space".

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026

Such upstart trading platforms have encroached on the turf of established gambling companies by offering “event contracts” on games that are similar to traditional sports bets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025

Although the technology has encroached on people’s everyday lives in small and large ways, this seemed to be a more egregious example of it in housing.

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2025

And indeed, if Nailer scrutinized the jungle carefully, he could make out the boulevards that had been, before trees punctured their medians and encroached.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

This 2.5-inch lizard lives exclusively in the West Texas dunes, where oil and gas production has been encroaching on its territory, the groups argued.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

And developers have been encroaching on the peaceful coastal village, but "we're still resisting them", she said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

CME Group sued the top U.S. derivatives regulator Thursday to thwart Kalshi, an upstart prediction-markets platform, from encroaching on its turf as the nation’s leading futures exchange.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

The phrase was used to help describe the game's tense atmosphere, born from its fixed camera angles, forever encroaching zombies and a limited supply of ammunition to shoot them with.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026

And, like I expect, my Ivy League brother stands still, a tiny sliver of fear encroaching on his face.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali