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Bears have been increasingly encroaching into towns due to factors including a declining human population and climate change.

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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.

In the post he said: "If Russian planes encroach over Nato territory, Britain should shoot them down."

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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.

"His body was encroaching onto me which made me feel uncomfortable. It was summer and I was wearing a dress and he ran his hand up the side of my thigh."

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