invade
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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
In 2023, then-CIA director William Burns predicted China would be ready to invade by 2027.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Constitutional privacy is not lost because the government chooses to invade it one fragment at a time.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
“The kind of war to which we were used, the kind of war that Russia had in mind in Ukraine—to invade and occupy a nation—is no longer conceivable,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Institutions—government, religion, school administrations, the music industry, Microsoft—were roadblocks, put on earth to obstruct and torment him, invade his privacy and limit his freedom of movement on the Internet.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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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
It happens when an infection invades the brain, with symptoms including a high temperature, fever, confusion, headaches or seizures.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
If the United States invades Greenland, she will flee her home with her daughter.
From Barron's ● Jan. 17, 2026
"We knew that Salmonella invades the small intestine, although it is not its primary site of replication. The colon is," said the lead author of the study Andreas Bäumler.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2024
Breton spring, and a great onslaught of damp invades the coast.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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Overgrown foliage has invaded the front yard of the Silver Lake home that Vela Gonzalez used to maintain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Is a subject eager to publicize a political struggle prepared for the risk that her personal privacy will be invaded in the process?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
The Falklands War began in April 1982 when Argentine forces invaded the islands ruled by Britain since the 19th century, prompting then-British prime minister Margaret Thatcher to send a naval task force to reclaim them.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
According to Unifil, the Israeli military has established four new bases in the invaded areas, bringing the number of such positions to nine.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
It’s as if Kasim has stepped into my mind and invaded every single thought.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
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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
When arginine is scarce, cells struggle to produce MHC-1, a protein that helps alert the immune system to threats such as mutated cells and invading viruses.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
He still gets emotional recalling the remarkable reception he received landing on “Pluribus,” his first American set, to play one of 13 individuals in the world immune to an invading hive mind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Off-season business can't be easy to come by, especially not since the Germans have blocked so much of the coastline with barriers against the invading Allies.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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