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Recent Examples of encroach
Apparently, our west block wall encroaches six feet into our neighbor’s back yard, which includes our swimming pool motor and related equipment.
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Christopher A. Combs, AZCentral.com, 16 Sep. 2025
And despite the encroaching waves, which nibbled more of our NewFarms every month.
—Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Instead, vague references to a second Civil War invoke our current reality, with its stark ideological divides, encroaching political violence, and calls for retribution that have only escalated in recent days.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
With 26 million active or funded customer accounts, Robinhood is fast encroaching on incumbents like Charles Schwab (37 million) and is six times larger than Merrill Lynch.
—Martina Castellanos, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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In the 1930s, by contrast, the British and the French backed their pledge to defend Poland with nothing but rhetoric; as a result, Nazi Germany felt free to invade the country.—
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Poland borders Ukraine, which was invaded by Russia in 2022.—
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Others expressed disbelief at Olla’s calmness while the arachnid crept across her outfit.—
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According to Krueger, Carmel is especially nice to visit in the fall, when the summer crowds have thinned out, but the days are still sunny and warm, with a few crisp evenings creeping in.—
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Tree roots and ivy creepers have also snaked through the stonework.—
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The line snaked at least a half mile through Westgate and across north 95th Avenue to the west and north 93rd Avenue to the east.—
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“Encroach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encroach. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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