encroach

Books occupy a unique place within physical media — one of the last forms that does not track, monitor, or encroach on the humans who read them.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

Car accidents are common in Uganda and incidents involving wildlife and humans are also on the rise, as expanding communities encroach on protected wildlife areas.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

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

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

School districts have seen an explosion in special education costs in recent years, forcing them to encroach on their general funds.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

“We certainly won’t encroach on your territory. We just ate outside of Seattle, anyway,” he laughed.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

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

Throughout the play, this “law and order” blue encroaches on the existence of every color selected by Torres.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2025

New research shows how the world's oases have grown and shrunk over the past 25 years as water availability patterns changed and desertification encroaches on these wet refuges.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 22, 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

These are overcrowded open-air bazaars with footpaths that are missing or uneven or have been encroached upon by vendors, making it hard to navigate prams or sometimes even walk.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

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

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 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

The forest encroached on both sides, leaving the road ahead only discernible for a few meters as it twisted, serpentlike, around the ancient trees.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

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

Gathering it all in one place makes it feel less like its encroaching on your life.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

Keeping the encroaching natural world at bay is a struggle in neighborhoods adjacent to Los Angeles County’s wildlands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 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 rest of the group lined both sides of the road along a hundred-foot stretch where it narrowed from encroaching bush into a single lane.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline