invade
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But the last known CIA chief to visit, William Burns in 2021, warned Mr. Putin not to invade Ukraine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Why invade some place if you basically already control it?
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
"Imagine you're a Martian, you're just about to invade Earth, you're hiding in the moon... and suddenly you meet the martial music of the bagpipe."
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Constitutional privacy is not lost because the government chooses to invade it one fragment at a time.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
I said the words, then braced myself for a wave of humiliation—for that image to invade my thoughts, of me, one of many wives standing behind a solitary, faceless man—but it didn’t come.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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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
“One doesn’t have the right to express themselves in a violent way, that invades someone else’s place of tranquility,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 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
I feel that squeeze of fear on my heart that invades on occasion, whenever “Mom” and “guy” are in the same sentence.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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After Germany invaded in May 1940, Hepburn spent much of her teenage years under Nazi occupation.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Despite many international cooperation agreements falling apart after Moscow invaded Ukraine in 2022, the United States and other ISS partners have continued working with Russia on the space station.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Before the US invaded Iran, it was trading at around $73.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Ever since Iraq invaded Kuwait, curious motorists passing through the Mojave Desert have stopped to ask the way to Bagdad, the California ghost town named in the 1800s for the Middle Eastern capital.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
In one South Dakota community, however, the local operator believed the Martians had invaded.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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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
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
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
Atahuallpa’s presence at Cajamarca thus highlights one of the key factors in world history: diseases transmitted to peoples lacking immunity by invading peoples with considerable immunity.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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