intrude
Example Sentences
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“I’m Jamie. I don’t mean to intrude. I just wanted to stop by and say hello in person.”
From Literature
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This includes not putting people under undue pressure to donate and not unreasonably intruding on their privacy.
From BBC
NGN -- publisher of tabloids The Sun and the now defunct News of the World -- agreed to pay him "substantial damages" in January 2025 after admitting intruding into his private life, including by hacking his phone.
From Barron's
There are so many negatives intruding that investors would be lucky to escape the coming year in one piece.
From Barron's
It alleged the Easy Switch tool intruded into AT&T’s computer systems and violated its terms of service “to harvest private customer account information and AT&T business information.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.