irruption

Example Sentences

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This irruption prompted the British and Dutch governments to withdraw $2.2 billion they had committed to the project.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

"The principal challenge in the past was eradication by anti-predator campaigns. Today the main challenge is habitat loss, irruption of natural corridors by roads and barriers, and conflict with humans," Marin told Salon.

From Salon • May 31, 2024

Waxwings are annual visitors from Scandinavia but they sometimes come in more significant numbers - known as an irruption - in search of food.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2023

At the same time, his plots — including that of his new novel, “Mr. Breakfast” — depict the abrupt irruption of the uncanny and terrifying into our familiar workaday world.

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2023

Her cheeks were ruddy and chapped in a way that presaged irruption.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson