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Such upstart trading platforms have encroached on the turf of established gambling companies by offering “event contracts” on games that are similar to traditional sports bets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

Additionally, habitat loss and fragmentation due to agriculture, urbanization and infrastructure development have encroached upon rhino habitats, leaving them with limited space to roam and find food.

From Salon • Sep. 22, 2023

But with blazes being quickly snuffed out, forests of knobcone pines have encroached on the Sierra Azul preserve.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2023

But experts also say that humans have encroached into spaces that the big cats have occupied for years, forcing the animal to stray into their settlements.

From BBC • May 18, 2023

Russia has made its way during several centuries of conquest over Siberia and Central Asia, until its immense possessions have encroached upon Persia and Afghanistan in the south and China in the east.

From A History of the Nations and Empires Involved and a Study of the Events Culminating in the Great Conflict by Marshall, Logan