invade
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Constitutional privacy is not lost because the government chooses to invade it one fragment at a time.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
All of the risk stemmed from Hitler’s decision to break his nonaggression pact with Stalin and invade the western part of the U.S.S.R. in June 1941.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Their work helps answer longstanding questions about how these viruses launch replication once they invade a cell.
From Science Daily ● May 13, 2026
Citing sources in the Danish government, it reported that soldiers, medical supplies and blood were flown into Greenland in January to blow up key airport runways over fears that Trump would invade the arctic island.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2026
He decided that he and his Mongols should invade Japan.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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If the United States invades Greenland, she will flee her home with her daughter.
From Barron's ● Jan. 17, 2026
The afterglow of aristocratic grace, the poet noted, was obscured by the “rising tide of democracy, which invades and levels all things.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
The fungus invades the skin tissue of hibernating bats and causes them to wake too often or too early during winter, depleting their precious fat stores when there’s scant food.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2024
One in 200 infections lead to more serious problems, when the virus invades the brain and nervous system.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2024
Phnom Penh city wakes early to take advantage of the cool morning breeze before the sun breaks through the haze and invades the country with sweltering heat.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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Either the government has invaded a protected privacy interest or it has not.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
I think South Africa is a good example of a country giving up its nuclear weapons, and they haven’t been invaded since then, as far as I know.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
Several Russian and Ukrainian drones have crashed in Latvia -- and neighbouring Lithuania and Estonia -- since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
Worried about Cuban and Soviet expansion, the U.S. invaded with some 8,000 troops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
When the colonial armies invaded, the Zulu charged into battle with nothing but spears and shields against men with guns.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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The prince gave emotional testimony during the proceedings, in which several high-profile figures, including pop star Elton John and actor Elizabeth Hurley, accused the tabloid publisher of invading their privacy.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
The High Court trial earlier this year saw Harry give an emotional testimony as the prince, pop star Elton John, actor Elizabeth Hurley and other public figures accused the tabloid publisher of invading their privacy.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
An upset stomach was the story that struck fear into the Scotland support invading Boston prior to their opener, but he still played.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
To fend off invading troops, presumably from the U.S.,
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Given all this, it is perhaps understandable that Alexander dreamed instead of going in the other direction—that is, of building a thousand ships and invading Carthage and Italy.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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