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as in to interfere
to interest oneself in what is not one's concern
the story of a would-be matchmaker who intrudes into the lives of her friends
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Recent Examples of intrude
In response, China's Foreign Ministry accused the Australian aircraft of intruding into Chinese airspace.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Parents from Montgomery County Public Schools – which include Muslims, Roman Catholics and Ukrainian Orthodox followers – argued the district's policy banning them from opting out intruded on their First Amendment right to freely exercise their religious beliefs.
—Kayla Jimenez, USA Today, 28 June 2025
The Trump administration raised alarm about the dozens of nationwide injunctions imposed by judges since the president’s inauguration, a sharp rise that the Justice Department insisted demonstrates judicial overreach intruding on Trump’s authority.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 27 June 2025
The earth in this context is Gaia, a complex and synergistic being, and the present era in which Gaia is intruding upon human activity should be called the Chthulucene, not the Anthropocene.
—Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Parents from Montgomery County Public Schools – which include Muslims, Roman Catholics and Ukrainian Orthodox followers – argued the district's policy banning them from opting out intruded on their First Amendment right to freely exercise their religious beliefs.
—Kayla Jimenez, USA Today, 28 June 2025
The Trump administration raised alarm about the dozens of nationwide injunctions imposed by judges since the president’s inauguration, a sharp rise that the Justice Department insisted demonstrates judicial overreach intruding on Trump’s authority.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 27 June 2025
The earth in this context is Gaia, a complex and synergistic being, and the present era in which Gaia is intruding upon human activity should be called the Chthulucene, not the Anthropocene.
—Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intrude
Verb
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Iris and Isaac’s idyll is interrupted by the enemy of all great budding romances: the truth.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
23 July 2025
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During the Nashville stop of the group's latest world tour, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin interrupted the band's usual set list to pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, the rock legend who died Tuesday, July 22, at 76.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
23 July 2025
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Nevertheless, the Obama administration ordered a new intelligence assessment claiming that Russia had interfered in the election to aid then-candidate Donald Trump.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
25 July 2025
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Russia attempted to interfere in the 2016 presidential election in favor of Trump, according to former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's 2019 final report and a 2020 bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee assessment.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA Today,
25 July 2025
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But this one was so good, so short, even Lisa couldn’t mess it up.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
17 July 2025
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But the bone-dry cabin air and the altitude can really mess things up.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
17 June 2025
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“Intrude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intrude. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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