invade
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If China does invade, Lin says he would “fight tooth and nail” to defend the island.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Jenner hates the paparazzi for invading her privacy but sees no moral quandary in collecting a check from Mark Zuckerberg, who wants to invade everyone’s privacy.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
"But this is the first time someone managed to invade our lives like this - and drag our children into it."
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Their work helps answer longstanding questions about how these viruses launch replication once they invade a cell.
From Science Daily ● May 13, 2026
If you wanted to invade someone's privacy, you couldn't do it easily from the safety of your computer.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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“One doesn’t have the right to express themselves in a violent way, that invades someone else’s place of tranquility,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
It happens when an infection invades the brain, with symptoms including a high temperature, fever, confusion, headaches or seizures.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
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
When his huge frame invades the narrow doorway, the memory of him hits me like whiplash.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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After Russia invaded, "there was an explosion of bottom-up initiative".
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
In court, the state and cities argued that Operation Metro Surge had invaded state and municipal authority.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Cambridgeshire Constabulary says it was "very stretched" on the January day last year when Mathew Latta's farm was invaded, and the force says it did not respond the way it would have wanted.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
By the fall of 1990, for example, after Iraq invaded Kuwait, industry losses ran into the billions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
German troops invaded Poland from the west, engaging the Russians in a succession of fierce battles around the cities of Warsaw and Lodz.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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Its east rolls through vast steppes, easily crossed by centuries of invading armies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Although Perez’s livestream proceeded for around 15 minutes before it was shut down, screenshots and clips rocketed across the internet, invading countless social media feeds.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Jenner hates the paparazzi for invading her privacy but sees no moral quandary in collecting a check from Mark Zuckerberg, who wants to invade everyone’s privacy.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
When arginine is scarce, cells struggle to produce MHC-1, a protein that helps alert the immune system to threats such as mutated cells and invading viruses.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
In other regions—including much of Central America, Mexico, Peru, New Caledonia, the former Soviet Union, and parts of Indonesia—civil unrest or guerrilla warfare pits still-numerous indigenous populations against governments dominated by descendants of invading conquerors.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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