encroachment
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Now, they are threatened primarily by human encroachment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Milton and Lyman Stewart were religious zealots who were horrified by the encroachment of modernist ideas on society.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
Akbarzadeh said Iran would “not allow any kind of encroachment upon its waters and interests.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
Brussels argued however that it didn't have the legal authority to ban the practices, and that any such move would be an encroachment on member states' powers.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
Some of the PAC men had already been on the island, and saw our arrival as an encroachment on their territory.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Patrolling has also reduced small-scale encroachments, but infrastructure projects including multiple dams are still driving deforestation.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Friends of Hidden Beach was born out of fears that past and future private encroachments would continue to erode public access.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024
He added that the DDA frequently acted against encroachments on government land, including by temples, and that it had demolished five temples in a different neighbourhood on the same day as the mosque.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2024
The Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John Marshall, famously rejected these encroachments in 1832’s Worcester v.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2023
I tried to picture him, working at his laptop in our sunny kitchen, but the image was spoilt by encroachments from his new life.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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The Federalist Papers, No. 51 by James Madison
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Vocabulary Video Contest (2013) - List 1
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