Encroached

Osama didn't give one whit about the us until we "encroached" on his holy "Saudi Arabia" (you know, the same one his group has planned to attack on numerous occasions). ❋ Unknown (2007)

One boy could never forget how he drew a distinction between “mere amusement” and “such as encroached on the next day’s duties, ” nor the tone of voice with which the Doctor added “and then it immediately becomes what St. Paul calls revelling. ❋ Unknown (1918)

The road in front of Fortis Hospital in Mohali is "encroached". ❋ Unknown (2010)

Stream banks have been "encroached," Vail says; study to set it right ❋ Unknown (2009)

Defying colleagues from his own party, the Communist Party of India-Marxist and from other allies, Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Wednesday reiterated his charges against Tata Tea and announced he would seize the land 'encroached' on by the Tatas here. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The reports tell of hundreds of ordinary black people punching, kicking, biting, and even stabbing and shooting whites who encroached, even in the slightest ways, on their freedom. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

The vast majority of those workers serve as field technicians or in call centers in the so-called wireline side of the business, which has struggled as consumers have switched to cellphones and cable providers have encroached on phone-company turf by offering voice and Internet services along with television. ❋ Anton Troianovski (2011)

There were also sections that encroached just slightly on the sidewalk, like half an octagon, with four six-inch-wide panels of glass separated by narrow strips of white tile. ❋ Linda Robertson (2011)

At Castle Black, located in the frigid north and encroached upon by the spectral Others, young Jon Snow has assumed the unlikely role of commander. ❋ Ilana Teitelbaum (2011)

The development had brought with it uninspired malls, colossal grocery stores, and near-constant controversy as builders encroached farther into the desert with each passing month. ❋ Lisa Davis (2011)

Since their earliest recorded contact with European society in the 1600s, followed by 19th century rubber barons and oil explorers who encroached in the 1940s, brutality and bloodshed has characterized the tribe's relationships with the external world. ❋ Suzan Crane (2011)

Was the circle of smiling dancers at the work's close ironic, and even tragic, as Soviet control encroached upon them? ❋ Sarah Kaufman (2011)

Because she was the first British female party leader, and the first in any important Atlantic country, and such a formidable character, Margaret Thatcher's personality encroached upon her public record as the principal source of voter opinion about her. ❋ Unknown (2012)

He described such operations as a mark of how the alliance between the U.K. and the U.S. remains the "greatest catalyst for global action" even as people predict their power is being encroached upon by emerging giants such as China and India. ❋ Alistair MacDonald (2011)

For decades the Federal Government has encroached an areas typically reserved for states. ❋ Unknown (2010)