as in to invade
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gate-crash
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And invading the Crusaders home turf Tuesday afternoon was Christian, ranked No. 1 in the section.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025 -
Decades after the United States invaded Panama in 1989, Samuel Castañeda says the sounds and smells of that night – armored tanks rumbling, houses burning, and bullets flying around his neighborhood – still loom large in his memory.—
Whitney Eulich,
Christian Science Monitor,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The titular attorney's secret plan was to infiltrate the firm to ascertain which of Jacobson Moore's top lawyers intentionally hid evidence in a big pharma case that could have ended the opioid crisis.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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As her fascination grows, Ivy infiltrates their dynamic, leading to deadly consequences.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
13 Mar. 2025
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Why else would a man who just trespassed, exposed himself on national television (and apparently damaged an expensive stage curtain) simply be allowed to dress and address the press?—
Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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Last year, Wheeler served two days in Vernon County jail on six trespassing convictions from 2020, 2022 and 2023.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2025
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Just such a breakdown had occurred in Vietnam and Burma in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when colonial authorities began to intrude into peasant life, privatizing village lands, forests, and fisheries and introducing a multitude of punishing taxes.—
Nikil Saval,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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The first hit is free, as per usual, and after the honeymoon period, ads will intrude into the Friends tab too.—
John Koetsier,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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This demon used to be a giant boar, but was driven mad after being shot with an iron bullet, a sign that civilization is irreversibly encroaching on the natural world.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Brenda Deal, who wants to sell her house there, learned her garage and shed might be encroaching on the right of way, based on GIS maps.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2025
Verb
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This could include barring infringing products or serial IP rights violators from the U.S. market, and preventing foreign companies that repeatedly infringe on U.S IP access to the U.S. banking system.—
Deborah Wince-Smith,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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In the lawsuit, the Park District failed to meet the burden of proof required for the court to affirm the Lansing Journal infringed on its trademark, Seeger’s decision said.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Gate-crash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gate-crash. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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