encroachment

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It has also helped prevent the encroachment of evangelical Christianity seen in many other parts of Latin America, with few here willing to give up their devotion to the “Virgencita,” as Guadalupe is widely known.

From Los Angeles Times

Pop music was not at all safe this year from the encroachments of an AI industry determined to slop-ify everything it can.

From Los Angeles Times

But urbanisation has seen encroachment onto these age-old grazing routes and locals accuse the Fulani of letting their cattle trample their crops and forcing them out of their homes and fields.

From BBC

Now, fires, drought and human encroachment on their habitat are driving them into wealthy suburbs.

From The Wall Street Journal

Inside the company, signs of Amazon’s encroachment didn’t go over well.

From The Wall Street Journal