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• v  advance beyond the usual limit
• v  impinge or infringe upon
• s  gradually intrusive without right or permission
  we moved back from the encroaching tide

• The ship was not expected to survive the punishing climate for long and in November, the encroaching darkness and cold of the Martian winter silenced it for good.
• The desert is encroaching on Gansu, and farmers watch the coming sands resignedly, staring into the distance before wiping the dust from their eyes and coaxing a life from the .
• Having a range of sexual positions is not only a perfect antidote to the encroaching dullness of routine, but it allows you to decide what style of lovemaking you're in the mood .

• encroach
• infringe
• impinge
• entrench
• trench
• invasive
• trespassing

News & Articles

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• Celebrity Animals Stealing Conservation Money From Ugly Plants
  Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online All over the world, animal and plant species are being threatened by extinction, likely at the hand of humans encroaching on their ecosystem or affecting the environment in some other way. Fortunately there are some humans who realize this and actively give funds to conservatory efforts to rescue these near-extinct species. However, a new ...
  June 11, 2013 - redOrbit
• Who will keep the peace in the Golan Heights?
  Austria is the latest country to pull troops from the cease-fire zone that's been a buffer between Israel and the encroaching Syrian civil war.
  June 11, 2013 - GlobalPost
• A Skinny-Jeans iOS, the Pandora Killer, and New Macbook Air: It's WWDC Time
  If all those rumormongers have it right, this year's Worldwide Developers Conference will be one big game of catch-up for Apple, a technology giant that's not exactly used to coming from behind. No matter which of the expectations are fulfilled, Apple will no doubt align with its encroaching competition. Probably like this.        
  June 10, 2013 - The Atlantic Wire

Quotes

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• Pete Coors in guardian.co.uk
  Vice-chairman Peter Coors said: "Wine and spirits companies are encroaching on traditional beer occasions and global beer importers and craft brewers are both taking a larger share of volume and profit growth."
• Mikhail Saakashvili in Sydney Morning Herald
  The Russians are encroaching upon the capital. They are making a circle,Saakashvili said, adding: "We will protect our capital until the last drop of our blood. We will never surrender to the Russians," the Georgian leader said, adding...
• Jeff Van Drew in The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
  As the shore changes, we've lost hotels, motels and in some cases marinas and other commercial areas to condominiums,Van Drew said. "Residential development is encroaching on it. We want to keep these businesses. They're so much a part of...