ingress

Example Sentences

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He said there had been water ingress at various stages during construction but they had set up a working group to look at the problems and sought advice from an independent expert, Prof Malcolm Richards.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Checkpoints currently block public access at major ingress points to the community.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2025

The Belfast Trust said it recently completed investigatory work in two bedrooms to determine the extent of remediation work to rectify damage caused by water ingress.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2025

It’s 1833 in Friel’s fictional small town, Ballybeg, where a sweet, putrid smell rising from the potato fields forebodes famine and an ingress of redcoats threatens to blight the local heritage.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2023

Rather, he would quietly appoint a committee to deliberate for eternity over exactly which door, and of what dimensions, would best facilitate the ingress and egress of all students.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson