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People have been evacuated from nursing homes, campsites, public buildings and private homes as the flames encroach on urban areas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Books occupy a unique place within physical media — one of the last forms that does not track, monitor, or encroach on the humans who read them.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

They have been a part of the city landscape since the 1930s, when urban sprawl began to encroach on their rural territory.

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

Roughly midway through, Pynchon’s characters hightail it all the way to proto-fascist Budapest, where shadows more lethal than any Tommy gun begin to encroach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025

It was true, the trees did encroach on our little clearing.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

The Akal Takht says the law does not limit itself to criminalising acts of sacrilege but also encroaches on matters that should be decided by Sikh religious institutions.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

It also has begun the construction of a wall that encroaches on Lebanese territory, according to Unifil, the United Nations peacekeeping force.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025

Her plan also encroaches on land owned by the Catholic Archdiocese, which is reserving it for fexpansion of Holy Cross Cemetery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2025

Even when they aren't being poached, apes are threatened by habitat loss as human civilization increasingly encroaches on their natural habitats.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2024

Since only 10 percent of thru-hikers make it this far, and it is too distant for most day hikers, the trail in Maine is much more thinly used, and so the foliage encroaches.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

The meta-reality and meta-commentary of the broadcast encroached on and eventually overtook the game on the field.

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026

Such upstart trading platforms have encroached on the turf of established gambling companies by offering “event contracts” on games that are similar to traditional sports bets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025

Although the technology has encroached on people’s everyday lives in small and large ways, this seemed to be a more egregious example of it in housing.

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2025

Once known for its network of lakes that helped manage excess rainwater, Bengaluru has seen many of these water bodies encroached upon.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2025

And indeed, if Nailer scrutinized the jungle carefully, he could make out the boulevards that had been, before trees punctured their medians and encroached.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

Just as wireless companies are encroaching on Charter’s core connectivity business, Charter has also been pushing deeper into the mobile industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

This 2.5-inch lizard lives exclusively in the West Texas dunes, where oil and gas production has been encroaching on its territory, the groups argued.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

And developers have been encroaching on the peaceful coastal village, but "we're still resisting them", she said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

Gathering it all in one place makes it feel less like its encroaching on your life.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

Jonathan looked about the area in which they were standing, the encroaching trees, the field beyond.

From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi