invasion
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After decades of back-and-forth over the future membership of the six Western Balkan nations, Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 reinvigorated Brussels's interest in expanding the bloc.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
The facility’s extended closure was widely seen as a reflection of the authorities’ extreme aversion to risk in Kuwait, where uncertainty and instability became ingrained following the 1990 Iraqi invasion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Gas prices at $5 a gallon, last seen in the U.S. in June 2022 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, could be here in July or August, he said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
Until Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, it used to be attended by high-profile Western delegation, including heads of state.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
The invasion of mutant concrete-eating termites that brought the Berlin Wall down is definitely second place.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
Vocabulary lists containing invasion
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date That Will Live In Infamy" (1941)
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Excerpt from "The Diary of Anne Frank"
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