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encroaching

[en-kroh-ching] / ɛnˈkroʊ tʃɪŋ /


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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

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

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

Keeping the encroaching natural world at bay is a struggle in neighborhoods adjacent to Los Angeles County’s wildlands.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

One of the last outsiders to make authorised visits to India's only "uncontacted" tribe says it may be time to reconnect with the isolated people -- in order to shield them from an encroaching world.

From Barron's May 18, 2026

To accommodate the dances, the Osage had erected, amid the encroaching wilderness, a pavilion, with a mushroom-shaped metal roof and a circular earth floor surrounded by concentric rows of wooden benches.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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