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trespassing

  • present participle
    of trespass.
    trespass

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While people sometimes ventured onto the campus over the years, trespassing escalated last winter as social media videos “spread like wildfire,” said Supervisor Robert Scorrano, Somers’ elected chief executive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

There have been other incidents of people trespassing into zoo enclosures of zoo animals after they became internet sensations.

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

And a US livestreamer known as Johnny Somali was arrested in 2023 for allegedly trespassing onto a construction site.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

Kemish shows us where abandoned buildings have been boarded up after they contacted the owners about children trespassing.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

I walk past the NO trespassing signs and the house that sits off the road and up a driveway.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven