encroach

This will give low pressure an opportunity to encroach and bring the chance of much-needed rain.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 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

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

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

In recent years, there has been an uptick in bears wandering into foothill neighborhoods as humans continue to encroach on bear territory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 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

Her plan also encroaches on land owned by the Catholic Archdiocese, which is reserving it for fexpansion of Holy Cross Cemetery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 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

"Are footpaths maintained and cleaned? Does the city ensure they aren't encroached upon?" he says.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 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

He saw a soft, stooped creature of a man whose dandelion-fluff hair, beard, and brows encroached upon his face to such a degree that only his sharp little nose and round spectacles showed.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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

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

One of the last outsiders to make authorised visits to India's only "uncontacted" tribe says it may be time to reconnect with the isolated people -- in order to shield them from an encroaching world.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

As life goes on, Ms. Applegate tells of the encroaching menace of serious health problems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

Instead of the franchised blandness of American cities, Alexandria is a city of mom-and-pop stores, all with signage screaming for attention, their wares encroaching on the streets.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro