trespass
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Police warned Schneider and the others not to trespass on the property.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Kelvin Evans, 41, on Tuesday entered guilty pleas in Fulton County Superior Court in Georgia to counts of entering an automobile and criminal trespass.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
Its goal was to limit state tort claims, like assault and trespass, against federal officials acting under federal authority.
From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2026
Wallace and the four other 18-year-olds involved were also charged with criminal trespass and littering on private property.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
Two more statues posed on either side of the gate, and they made my neck itch—I felt like they were watching me trespass.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
The pope has led millions in a prayer that explicitly asks God to wipe their record clean of all trespasses.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2026
The one who rewards you for trusting his trespasses.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2025
And yet Maxine is a good person, whose schemes and trespasses one does not quite forgive, but makes allowances for against hopeful future corrections.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2024
Nature ceaselessly advances, trespasses, embarrasses our every effort to keep it at bay, and ultimately bursts through.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
That was not the only rebuke I received on account of my trespasses against the reverend.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Their evidence also stated that access could only be gained to the site by approved maintenance staff, residents in the immediate area, or if members of the public trespassed.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Often, São Paulo capybaras just need rescuing after they’ve trespassed: Sometimes a capybara has made its way into a home or business overnight and needs bailing out.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
This fall some 20 Russian long-range drones deliberately trespassed into Polish airspace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
The group allegedly trespassed in the area of the landmark around noon and tried to hang a banner on one of the “O’s,” according to a Los Angeles Police Department Instagram post.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025
Sarai had trespassed in thousands of minds—tens of thousands—and she had sifted her invisible fingers through dreams beyond counting.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
When challenged on the fact this is trespassing, he said: "They're all wide open, so anybody can walk in. I think it's public land."
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
The criminal charge: trespassing on the former IBM campus here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Jon Pearce, Labour MP for High Peak, confirmed on Wednesday that dye had been ordered again to "deter people from gathering and trespassing at the site".
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
And a US livestreamer known as Johnny Somali was arrested in 2023 for allegedly trespassing onto a construction site.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
But the list of suspects likely to be trespassing into the woods is probably very short.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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