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Noun
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Indeed, if this technology works as expected (and the crust doesn't find new ways to fight back against our intrusions), and the economics stack up, this new use for gyrotrons could ironically end up putting fusion reactors out of a job.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Feb. 2025 -
Though the phenomenon has been occurring for years, warming temperatures means these intrusions are occurring more frequently.—
Simmone Shah,
TIME,
12 Feb. 2025
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There are no indications of a home invasion or anything like that, sources tell me, but the cops do believe more is going on than first assumed.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
27 Feb. 2025
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That sentiment was compounded earlier in the day when the U.S. joined Russia, North Korea and Belarus in opposing a United Nations resolution condemning the invasion.—
Joe Rubin,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Feb. 2025
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Each claim can be worth up to $30,000 per work and, with willful infringement, $150,000 per work.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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Negotiations continued until December 2020, when Ms. Paige was hit with an unexpected 100-plus page lawsuit from JLM Couture, claiming trademark infringement, violation of the noncompete agreement, and the promoting of other companies without the brand’s permission.—
Alix Strauss,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Waiters was taken to the Hartford Police detention facility, where she was charged with third-degree criminal trespass, second-degree beach of peace, interfering with police and assault on a public safety officer, Boisvert said.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
25 Feb. 2025
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What To Know Ashley Cross, aged 37, was charged with theft of merchandise less than $1,000 and criminal trespass after allegedly shoplifting from a Walmart store on Elvis Presley Boulevard in Memphis, Tennessee, along with another woman.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Since this was a probation violation, Einstein was sent back to jail.—
Keith Sharon,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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The consequences for violations are not clearly spelled out, but the ban is broader and took effect sooner than the deadline under the California Phone-Free Schools Act.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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Thousands of Palestinians have been displaced from their homes because of these incursions.—
Hadeel Al-Shalchi,
NPR,
21 Feb. 2025
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The anticommunist atmospherics of the Cold War derailed any further incursions by the Weavers into the pop mainstream.—
Thomas Doherty,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Encroachment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encroachment. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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