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overstepping
noun as in intrusion
Strongest matches
Weak matches
noun as in invasion
noun as in transgression
Example Sentences
My book Women and Other Monsters is about how women and feminized people can look to the monsters of classical mythology, intended as cautionary tales about overstepping our boundaries, as guides for reclaiming the unbecoming traits we’re supposed to suppress.
Nevertheless, the outcome is a relief to voting rights activists and election officials, including state Attorney General Christopher M. Carr, a Republican who warned that the State Elections Board was overstepping its authority in pushing through the change just before the election.
Oliver and the other doctors are fallible, be it freezing up during a spinal tap or completely overstepping into their patients’ personal lives to facilitate a father-daughter reunion.
It led to questions for Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer over whether he was overstepping a line in terms of devolution.
That Mexican officials still know so little about a major law enforcement operation executed by a close ally against two of their nationals underscored just how much security cooperation between the two nations has deteriorated under López Obrador, who has furiously defended Mexican sovereigntyand has regularly criticized U.S. officials for overstepping their authority on Mexican soil.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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