encroacher
Example Sentences
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A staple of any urban transformation is the inevitable clash of old vs. new, the indigenous and the encroacher, the longtime merchants accustomed to a certain culture and the developers driving the change.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 31, 2015
Today, the one notable encroacher on the park's priceless real estate is the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
From Time Magazine Archive
She usually chills the encroacher with a fixed, glassy stare, but sometimes she first tolerates, then welcomes his attentions.
From Time Magazine Archive
But it shewed her how reasonable and just my expectations were; and that I was no encroacher.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 by Samuel Richardson
Love is an encroacher, says he: loves never goes backward.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 by Samuel Richardson
