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invasion

[in-vay-zhuhn] / ɪnˈveɪ ʒən /


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This has left it feeling exposed since Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

South Korea has in recent years emerged as a major arms exporter -- particularly since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in early 2022 -- including through a multibillion-dollar arms deal with Poland.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Direct flights between Russia and Germany have been suspended since the invasion.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

The perspective suddenly enlarges as William launches an invasion fleet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

In actuality, the Holocaust began with the invasion of Poland.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

In both of these misguided invasions, Americans convinced themselves that Canadians did not exist, at least not as a people or a nation with a shared collective identity.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

Castro is remembered by supporters as having guided Cuba through multiple crises -- US-backed invasions, embargoes, assassination plots and the intense hardship caused by the collapse of Cuba's main ally and benefactor, the Soviet Union.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

Kagan insists that the Fourth Amendment cannot be defeated by slicing invasions of privacy into pieces small enough to appear constitutionally insignificant.

From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026

Few examples of this genre survive from before the Japanese invasions of 1592-98.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

By the time the European invasions began, Indigenous peoples had occupied and made changes to every part of the Americas.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz




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