encroach

Books occupy a unique place within physical media — one of the last forms that does not track, monitor, or encroach on the humans who read them.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

Car accidents are common in Uganda and incidents involving wildlife and humans are also on the rise, as expanding communities encroach on protected wildlife areas.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

She initially welcomed the project, before realising the airport would encroach on her land.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

School districts have seen an explosion in special education costs in recent years, forcing them to encroach on their general funds.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

It was true, the trees did encroach on our little clearing.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

In fact across the region mitumba traders and local clothing manufacturers say cheap clothing from China is the real danger as it encroaches on both their markets.

From BBC ● May 23, 2026

It has also begun the construction of a wall that encroaches on Lebanese territory, according to Unifil, the United Nations peacekeeping force.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025

Throughout the play, this “law and order” blue encroaches on the existence of every color selected by Torres.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2025

Agriculture, however, is also an important economic sector and often encroaches into unprotected tropical forest areas.

From Science Daily ● May 21, 2024

Since only 10 percent of thru-hikers make it this far, and it is too distant for most day hikers, the trail in Maine is much more thinly used, and so the foliage encroaches.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

The meta-reality and meta-commentary of the broadcast encroached on and eventually overtook the game on the field.

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026

Although the technology has encroached on people’s everyday lives in small and large ways, this seemed to be a more egregious example of it in housing.

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2025

By the 1860s, the U.S. government reduced the Crow’s land to a much smaller strip, and the park’s creation further encroached on tribal lands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

Once known for its network of lakes that helped manage excess rainwater, Bengaluru has seen many of these water bodies encroached upon.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2025

The forest encroached on both sides, leaving the road ahead only discernible for a few meters as it twisted, serpentlike, around the ancient trees.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

Just as wireless companies are encroaching on Charter’s core connectivity business, Charter has also been pushing deeper into the mobile industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

This 2.5-inch lizard lives exclusively in the West Texas dunes, where oil and gas production has been encroaching on its territory, the groups argued.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

Keeping the encroaching natural world at bay is a struggle in neighborhoods adjacent to Los Angeles County’s wildlands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

One of the last outsiders to make authorised visits to India's only "uncontacted" tribe says it may be time to reconnect with the isolated people -- in order to shield them from an encroaching world.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

Dimple sat beside him, her arms and legs stiff, as if she were afraid of encroaching on his personal space, of touching him.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon