trespass
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In July, Oxfordshire County Council was granted a High Court injunction to stop people placing flags near highways because of safety concerns, trespass and obstruction.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Police warned Schneider and the others not to trespass on the property.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The 1700s statutes were not, in fact, limited to poaching, but were also meant to prevent “armed trespass, property theft or damage, and gun violence, whether intentional or accidental.”
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
The church spokesman said turning Scientology properties into “targets for viral stunts is not journalism, protest or civic activity. It is trespass, harassment and disruption of religious facilities.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
“She is a great deal too ill to be moved. Mr. Jones says we must not think of moving her. We must trespass a little longer on your kindness.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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This and other trespasses aren’t dealbreakers by today’s standards.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2025
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
Instead, June’s methodology is consistently to tell the reader her trespasses and offer flimsy justifications for them.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2023
She makes pronouncements that Ivanito doesn’t understand, stays up all night hearing prophecies in her head, forgives her father and ex-husband long lists of past trespasses.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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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
Early last year, Reeves filed for a temporary restraining order against a man who allegedly trespassed on the actor’s property at least six times between November 2022 and January 2023.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2024
Taipei said the fishing boat trespassed into Taiwanese waters on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2024
No humans had trespassed into his forest, forcing him to cower or sneak.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Police responded, identified the suspect as Kenneth Kenji Shrine and submitted a case for misdemeanor trespassing to the Alameda County district attorney’s office for filing consideration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Locals accuse trawlers of illegally trespassing into shallow waters reserved for small, local boats.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Domagala kept calling the cops, and the village eventually issued a trespassing citation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Jon Pearce, Labour MP for High Peak, confirmed on Wednesday that dye had been ordered again to "deter people from gathering and trespassing at the site".
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
It gave Nicole a funny feeling, as if she were trespassing, and she found herself thinking of the restless spirits who inhabited the forest in stories she’d heard from Auntie Abeo.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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