intrude

The framers wrote the Constitution to prevent states from pursuing self-interested policies that intrude on the powers of other states and the nation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"The court does not intrude on parliament by ensuring parliament can sit," the judgement said.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

Saber-rattling trumpet and timpani intrude and are shushed away as worthless.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

"It's fine. If they want to keep doing it, they are all polite and don't intrude on our personal space. We have a job to do, they have a job to do."

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025

But then it occurred to me that if I were to do so, I might easily intrude upon her private grief.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

But although Adrian soon picks up a camera as well, increasingly interested in being a filmmaker himself, he resents how his father intrudes on their time together by constantly shooting their conversations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026

The "Jerk" method identifies extremely small ground motions that occur when magma intrudes into the crust.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 15, 2026

Anderson plays the children's mother, whose presence intrudes into the family's lives despite her apparently having been killed by wolves.

From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026

They are living ghosts, traumatized survivors of a school shooting that occurred 10 years earlier, but the memory of which intrudes like an unwelcome guest on a wedding celebration taking place in the present.

From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024

Mostly the kids here don’t seem to notice anything unless it intrudes on their idea of personal space.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

At highway speeds, the BBS’s inner peace is intruded upon only by the distant drumming of the vast wheels and tires.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026

This signal confirmed that magma had intruded beneath the volcano.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 15, 2026

At the same time, the saxophonist had brought his own laptop that produced anodyne drones that intruded on Stone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025

But one way is, has it intruded upon your imagination?

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2024

Through the years, old Rena remained phlegmatic, paying no apparent attention to the bedlam which had intruded into her twilight years.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

In the town of Grevena further to the south, 48‑year‑old Lefteris Zioutis regularly posts images of intruding bears on social media.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

The way everyone responded to this error—by turning a simple mistake into a ritual flogging—only bolsters the toxic notion that the press is forever viciously intruding on the secret, sacred work of perfect jurists.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

His reign at the 7-Eleven empire came to an end in 2016, when he resigned following a boardroom clash with U.S. investor Third Point, a rare example of U.S.-style shareholder activism intruding into Japanese boardrooms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026

This includes not putting people under undue pressure to donate and not unreasonably intruding on their privacy.

From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2026

He looks at his paralegal in a way that makes me want to apologize for intruding.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon