encroach
Example Sentences
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Gyms are positioning themselves as alternative spaces for socialising, its senior director of leisure and trends Paul Davies says, which is "encroaching on the traditional role of bars and nightclubs".
From BBC
In recent years, there has been an uptick in bears wandering into foothill neighborhoods as humans continue to encroach on bear territory.
From Los Angeles Times
Last week, Cerebras announced it had signed up Amazon Web Services, the largest cloud provider, as its newest customer, further encroaching on Nvidia’s business.
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
It’s about territory, and one side is encroaching on the other’s home turf.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
