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invasion

[in-vey-zhuhn] / ɪnˈveɪ ʒən /


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Even in Kosovo, a case often cited for air power’s capacity to force capitulation from an adversary, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization prevailed only once a ground invasion looked imminent.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Anastasiia Sochka moved to Hartlepool from Ukraine with her mum, Victoria, in summer 2022 after Russia launched its full scale invasion.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Pyongyang calls them rehearsals for an invasion and has staged missile launches before and after them in the past.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

He said: "Harold's policy on the papacy may ultimately have played into the hands of his enemies, giving William's opportunistic invasion the legitimacy of a just war."

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

The German army had prepared well, anticipating an Allied invasion of France.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Castro is remembered by supporters as having guided Cuba through multiple crises -- US-backed invasions, embargoes, assassination plots and the intense hardship caused by the collapse of Cuba's main ally and benefactor, the Soviet Union.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

Since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion in 2022, following his covert invasions of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula and eastern regions in 2014, Russian forces have captured roughly 12% of Ukraine’s territory.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

Kagan insists that the Fourth Amendment cannot be defeated by slicing invasions of privacy into pieces small enough to appear constitutionally insignificant.

From Slate Jun. 29, 2026

Communities in Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia and elsewhere have wrestled with invasions in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

Rumors run rampant—there are false reports of parachute invasions, gas attacks, and spy infiltrations.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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