intruder
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During the summer of 2018, when Stormy was still a nestling, “an adult male intruder showed up to the nest and with great tenacity, refused to leave,” wrote Friends of Big Bear Valley.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
Tony Martin, the farmer who shot dead a teenage intruder at his isolated Norfolk home in 1999, left more than £2.5m to a "very loyal friend", his will reveals.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026
K-pop star Nana helped overpower a home intruder and is recovering in hospital after suffering injuries during the tussle, South Korean police said on Sunday.
From Barron's • Nov. 16, 2025
In this case, authorities may be better off tracking the intruder all the way back to its pilot.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025
The black thought momentarily doused the glow within me; then, angered and indignant, I thrust the intruder away, chasing it, banishing it...tired of gloom, reaching desperately for perfection of delight, which can surely never be.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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