encroach

"We ask that Australia clarify how exactly 'harm' and 'risks' shall be determined... ensuring these definitions do not encroach on protected speech," the US said in its submission.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

But now a number of banks have started to consider whether there could be a need for both, even if only as a defensive play, as some executives worry stablecoins could encroach on their businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

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

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

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

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

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

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

By the 1860s, the U.S. government reduced the Crow’s land to a much smaller strip, and the park’s creation further encroached on tribal lands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

Human settlements have encroached paths of rivers and floodplains, both in the mountains and plains, blocking their way.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025

The blackness encroached around my field of vision as I pulled myself up, eighteen steps, steep as hell.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

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

Now, with a nod from regulators, cryptocurrency firms are encroaching on that territory, and investors in the operators’ stock are worried.

From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026

Through the encroaching darkness, I saw a rider approach on horseback.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros