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invade

[in-vayd] / ɪnˈveɪd /


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Kjetil Tronvoll, a Horn of Africa specialist at Oslo New University College, said the online campaign would not sway the government's decision on whether to invade.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Some clones develop changes that help them withstand cancer treatments, while others become better equipped to invade surrounding tissues and spread to other parts of the body.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

Mr. Lee takes us viscerally back to that strike through flashbacks and news videos, and before the police invade we sense its atmosphere of hopeful possibility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

It's been nearly five years since his predecessor William Burns made this trip and that was at a similarly tense time, just as Russia was drawing up plans to invade Ukraine.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Yes, the soldiers about to invade the Bay of Pigs were not American.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

This sharp, darkly comic film follows a Lithuanian couple that splits up just as Russia invades Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

“One doesn’t have the right to express themselves in a violent way, that invades someone else’s place of tranquility,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026

Researchers led by Tajie Harris, PhD, set out to understand how the immune system responds when Toxoplasma invades CD8+ T cells, which are specialized immune cells responsible for killing infected cells.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2026

They argue it invades people's privacy and carries an unacceptable risk of misidentification.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026

When his huge frame invades the narrow doorway, the memory of him hits me like whiplash.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

Footage shot by Israeli forces after they invaded southern Lebanon shows well-fortified bunkers, which descend several stories underground and contain huge caches of armaments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The population has dropped from about 24,000 before Russia invaded to around 2,000 today.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

He signed up to defend Ukraine when Russia invaded even though he had several children and was exempt - and fought until December 2023.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

The company ground through a number of challenges: the subsequent inflationary spike that dinged real-wage growth, a financial scare when Mejuri’s primary bank, Silicon Valley Bank, collapsed, and diamond-market shock after Russia invaded Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

If he hadn’t liked it when one new person—me—had invaded his world, I could only imagine what this was doing to his nerves.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

By binding to molecules the fungus uses during infection, these regions help plants recognize the presence of an invading pathogen and activate their defenses.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

When neutrophils encounter pathogens, they can release toxic substances and even destroy themselves, spilling long strands of biological material that form web-like traps around invading microbes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

He warned Putin against invading Ukraine, citing intelligence the U.S. collected about his plans for an all-out assault.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Although Perez’s livestream proceeded for around 15 minutes before it was shut down, screenshots and clips rocketed across the internet, invading countless social media feeds.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

The next morning she awoke to chaos, the sounds of running, shouting, and the scream of machines invading her dreams.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld


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