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trespass

[tres-puhs, -pas] / ˈtrɛs pəs, -pæs /




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The fearful unknowns that trespass, that make the days precarious and some nights miles long, also seed the imagination, creativity and art.

From The Wall Street Journal May 9, 2026

Its goal was to limit state tort claims, like assault and trespass, against federal officials acting under federal authority.

From Slate Apr. 15, 2026

A jury last year took their side, awarding more than $660 million in damages across three Greenpeace entities, citing charges including trespass, nuisance, conspiracy and deprivation of property access.

From Barron's Feb. 27, 2026

In that case, the suspect was arrested on suspicion of trespass.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 26, 2026

Laila had been to funerals before where she had seen women like this, women who relished all things that had to do with death, official consolers who let no one trespass on their self-appointed duties.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

The one who rewards you for trusting his trespasses.

From Slate Apr. 27, 2025

And yet Maxine is a good person, whose schemes and trespasses one does not quite forgive, but makes allowances for against hopeful future corrections.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 19, 2024

The Bad River won a key victory last summer when a Wisconsin judge ruled that the company must shut down the portion of its pipeline that trespasses on the reservation by 2026.

From Salon Dec. 21, 2023

But as in her earlier royal biography, Brown seems perennially torn between excoriating tabloid reporters for their most egregious trespasses and reveling in their discoveries.

From New York Times Apr. 22, 2022

But Seanie always had a way of obsessing about things like they were the greatest trespasses ever committed against his pitiful soul.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith

Often, São Paulo capybaras just need rescuing after they’ve trespassed: Sometimes a capybara has made its way into a home or business overnight and needs bailing out.

From Slate May 27, 2026

This fall some 20 Russian long-range drones deliberately trespassed into Polish airspace.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 27, 2025

“For years, DxE has harassed farm families and workers, trespassed on private property and stolen from local businesses,” Dayna Ghirardelli, executive director of the Sonoma County Farm Bureau, said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 30, 2025

Alina Habba, interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, posted on social media that Baraka trespassed on the property's secure area and didn't listen when federal personnel told him to leave.

From Salon May 10, 2025

Calder, aware that he had trespassed again, looked down at the table.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett

Officials decry the trespassing as a risky gambit that is wrecking an iconic property they want revived.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

Murrieta Police Department dispatched officers to the 4100 block of Guava Street around 6:30 p.m. on May 1 after receiving a call about suspected trespassing, according to a department social media post.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 2026

And a US livestreamer known as Johnny Somali was arrested in 2023 for allegedly trespassing onto a construction site.

From Barron's May 18, 2026

There have been other incidents of people trespassing into zoo enclosures of zoo animals after they became internet sensations.

From BBC May 18, 2026

Why was I always trespassing into places I didn’t belong?

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken




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