as in invasions
a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory
there were incursions from the border every summer
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Recent Examples of incursions
That said, those incursions into Florida territory proved fruitless, which probably shouldn’t come as a surprise.
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Nick Ashbourne, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has used the M23 rebel group as a front to make territorial incursions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo while insisting that Rwanda is not involved in the conflict and that its interests are purely defensive.
—Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 21 Mar. 2025
There have also been drone incursions from the southern side, however, the agency has the technology to counter these drones.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Service members engage in immersive exercises that simulate real-world drone incursions and hostile UAV threats.
—Sarah Alegre, Fox News, 20 Mar. 2025
In the past, news organizations have met governmental threats and incursions with implacable resistance.
—Michael Wolff, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
Ukraine demonstrated this in February 2022, when the country rallied in the face of Russian military incursions, cyberattacks, propaganda, assassination attempts against Ukrainian leaders, and other threats.
—Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2025
Today, Israel is probably less worried than ever about what Russia thinks of its frequent incursions into Syrian airspace.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Officials from the Pentagon, Department of Energy, and FBI are still stumped about who’s behind the incursions, according to the Wall Street Journal.
—Noah Shachtman, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
Nick Ashbourne, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has used the M23 rebel group as a front to make territorial incursions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo while insisting that Rwanda is not involved in the conflict and that its interests are purely defensive.
—Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 21 Mar. 2025
There have also been drone incursions from the southern side, however, the agency has the technology to counter these drones.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Service members engage in immersive exercises that simulate real-world drone incursions and hostile UAV threats.
—Sarah Alegre, Fox News, 20 Mar. 2025
In the past, news organizations have met governmental threats and incursions with implacable resistance.
—Michael Wolff, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
Ukraine demonstrated this in February 2022, when the country rallied in the face of Russian military incursions, cyberattacks, propaganda, assassination attempts against Ukrainian leaders, and other threats.
—Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2025
Today, Israel is probably less worried than ever about what Russia thinks of its frequent incursions into Syrian airspace.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Officials from the Pentagon, Department of Energy, and FBI are still stumped about who’s behind the incursions, according to the Wall Street Journal.
—Noah Shachtman, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Incursions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incursions. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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