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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
encroach .
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Examples
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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).
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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).
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One boy could never forget how he drew a distinction between mere amusement and such as encroached on the next days duties, nor the tone of voice with which the Doctor added and then it immediately becomes what St. Paul calls revelling.
Dr. Arnold 1918
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The road in front of Fortis Hospital in Mohali is "encroached".
Top Headlines 2010
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Stream banks have been "encroached," Vail says; study to set it right
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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.
India eNews 2008
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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.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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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.
Notable & Quotable 2012
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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.
Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011
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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.
The Sins of Brother Curtis Lisa Davis 2011
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