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Tribal Chairman John Johnson had previously said residents had been trespassing on illegally built roads on tribal lands and the tribe needed to safeguard what little land it has left.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2023

It said villagers had been trespassing on the land.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2017

Residents knew that people had been trespassing into the Red Zone, and they were worried about vandalism.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

The stranger was so grave and quiet too, not at all presuming, and making light of his services, but only afraid he had been trespassing on the Homestead grounds.

From Clever Woman of the Family by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

He evidently had some dim idea that he had been trespassing.

From Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge Extracted From His Letters And Diaries, With Reminiscences Of His Conversation By His Friend Christopher Carr Of The Same College by Benson, Arthur Christopher