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invade

[in-vayd] / ɪnˈveɪd /


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And then they made the milelong trek to Tropicana Field to invade an opponents’ ballpark—and watch their favorite team continue its seemingly unstoppable march to a championship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 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

Before the formation of Canada, the US had attempted to invade British North American colonies, taking control of Montreal in 1775 and nearly conquering Quebec City.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Why invade some place if you basically already control it?

From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026

He fought not to wring his hands as he waited for the deep silence to invade the room.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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

If the United States invades Greenland, she will flee her home with her daughter.

From Barron's ● Jan. 17, 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

One in 200 infections lead to more serious problems, when the virus invades the brain and nervous system.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2024

Phnom Penh city wakes early to take advantage of the cool morning breeze before the sun breaks through the haze and invades the country with sweltering heat.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

The truce, which covers the Kherson region only and began early Tuesday, marks the longest pause in fighting between Russia and Ukraine anywhere on the front line since Russia invaded its neighbour in February 2022.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 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 Rays weren’t the least bit intimidated by any of it, not even the Yankee fans who invaded their home at the Trop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 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

Not I. They had invaded our village with clatter and din, had taken from us the maidan where our children played, and had made the bazaar prices too high for us.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

One of those signals is 5-oxoETE, which attracts immune cells equipped to attack invading microorganisms.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

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

Moscow has orchestrated sabotage attacks across Europe since invading Ukraine, often using unwitting recruits hired via social media.

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

The Allies had forced the German troops from North Africa earlier that year, but in China there was an ongoing battle to drive out the invading Japanese.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein


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