intrude
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Justice Scalia’s opinion for the court held that it was, because the device allowed the police to intrude on the privacy of the home’s interior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
"The court does not intrude on parliament by ensuring parliament can sit," the judgement said.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
The Code of Fundraising Practice stipulates that charities should not unreasonably intrude on a person's privacy, put undue pressure on a person to donate, or use unreasonably persistent approaches.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2026
These thoughts even intrude on him when he’s reading for fun—or trying to.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2025
This is the heart of Gilead, where the war cannot intrude except on television.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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Anderson plays the children's mother, whose presence intrudes into the family's lives despite her apparently having been killed by wolves.
From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026
Modern observations show that parts of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet -- such as the Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers -- are already retreating rapidly as warm deep water intrudes beneath them.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2025
Time can have a curious ebb and flow in “The Shadowless Tower,” a ruminative Chinese drama in which the past intrudes on — and at times overwhelms — the present.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
Mysterious outside forces are evoked by a red hand that, in numerous works, intrudes on the scene from the picture’s edge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
Into my restless sleep a figure in white intrudes.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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But through the first week of this year’s event, a question has intruded on the spectacle: When does atmosphere start to supersede tennis?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
This signal confirmed that magma had intruded beneath the volcano.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 15, 2026
It alleged the Easy Switch tool intruded into AT&T’s computer systems and violated its terms of service “to harvest private customer account information and AT&T business information.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
But one way is, has it intruded upon your imagination?
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
By the time Vivi learned how to travel there, though, reality had intruded on our plans.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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But make-believe can only get one so far when the real world keeps intruding.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
In the town of Grevena further to the south, 48‑year‑old Lefteris Zioutis regularly posts images of intruding bears on social media.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
The way everyone responded to this error—by turning a simple mistake into a ritual flogging—only bolsters the toxic notion that the press is forever viciously intruding on the secret, sacred work of perfect jurists.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
His reign at the 7-Eleven empire came to an end in 2016, when he resigned following a boardroom clash with U.S. investor Third Point, a rare example of U.S.-style shareholder activism intruding into Japanese boardrooms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
Elouise might not want an outsider intruding on her private life either.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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