invade
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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
The latest discovery to invade my algorithms arrived when Claude took a stab at a tantalizing math problem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
If China does invade, Lin says he would “fight tooth and nail” to defend the island.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 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
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
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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
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 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
A sorrow as black as the night outside invades me, and I feel my throat clamping.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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"I seriously thought we'd been invaded by Russians," a Dover resident, Robin Burkhardt, told the BBC.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
It invaded Afghanistan to rout al Qaeda, which had executed the attacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 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
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
If the disease invaded a large city and a call went out for hundreds of thousands of doses of the vaccine, it would take months to produce it.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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When neutrophils encounter pathogens, they can release toxic substances and even destroy themselves, spilling long strands of biological material that form web-like traps around invading microbes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 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
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
“I like that Abuela is just downstairs, but I’m not sure I like Martín and Brian invading my space all the time.”
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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