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[in-veyd] / ɪnˈveɪd /


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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

In 2023, then-CIA director William Burns predicted China would be ready to invade by 2027.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, “Inception”—a script Nolan worked on for about a decade—is a heady heist film about “extractors” who invade other people’s dreams.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Their work helps answer longstanding questions about how these viruses launch replication once they invade a cell.

From Science Daily May 13, 2026

The British prime minister, Neville Chamberlain, issued an ultimatum to Hitler: If he dared to invade Poland, Britain would declare war on Nazi Germany.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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

They argue it invades people's privacy and carries an unacceptable risk of misidentification.

From BBC Jan. 19, 2026

The afterglow of aristocratic grace, the poet noted, was obscured by the “rising tide of democracy, which invades and levels all things.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 15, 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

Phnom Penh city wakes early to take advantage of the cool morning breeze before the sun breaks through the haze and invades the country with sweltering heat.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

After Russia invaded, "there was an explosion of bottom-up initiative".

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

In court, the state and cities argued that Operation Metro Surge had invaded state and municipal authority.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

Cambridgeshire Constabulary says it was "very stretched" on the January day last year when Mathew Latta's farm was invaded, and the force says it did not respond the way it would have wanted.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

It is probably more unified and determined than at any time since Saddam Hussein invaded in 1980.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

The cold had snuck up on her so stealthily she didn’t even notice it had invaded her until was too late.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

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

The authors, both entomologists, detail violent territorial battles between colonies and against invading predators.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 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

He still gets emotional recalling the remarkable reception he received landing on “Pluribus,” his first American set, to play one of 13 individuals in the world immune to an invading hive mind.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

“The Germans are invading and the Americans are throwing a party?”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin




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