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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

As for crypto, he said the crowd that brought so much excitement and passion to digital assets is leaving, too—just as the suits from Wall Street and the hedge-fund world invade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 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

I said the words, then braced myself for a wave of humiliation—for that image to invade my thoughts, of me, one of many wives standing behind a solitary, faceless man—but it didn’t come.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

It happens when an infection invades the brain, with symptoms including a high temperature, fever, confusion, headaches or seizures.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 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

The afterglow of aristocratic grace, the poet noted, was obscured by the “rising tide of democracy, which invades and levels all things.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

The current odds External link that the U.S. invades Greenland in 2026, acquires Greenland in 2026, or acquires Greenland in 2027 are 10%, 23%, and 18%, respectively.

From Barron's ● Jan. 14, 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

By the time the sneaker giants came to their senses, they had already ceded that prime real estate to the unfamiliar, funny-looking products that have invaded our closets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Before the US invaded Iran, it was trading at around $73.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Lavrov last met with a German foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, in January 2022, less than a month before Russian forces invaded Ukraine.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

They were the ones who’d invaded his world, not the other way around.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

They identified how these proteins recognize invading pathogens and demonstrated that they can be modified to detect multiple fungal threats.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

Gen. Grynkewich laid out a “block, blunt and break” strategy for defeating an invading force.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 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

Jenner hates the paparazzi for invading her privacy but sees no moral quandary in collecting a check from Mark Zuckerberg, who wants to invade everyone’s privacy.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

On the second day of the war, he put a fleet of small boats in the Persian Gulf to track the ships of the invading Blue Team navy.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell


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