Example Sentences

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A nonnative tree-killing insect is invading northern Utah, attacking subalpine fir and potentially triggering yet another die-off of the region's long-stressed conifer forests.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2024

The way the cold is invading is through a weather phrase that is becoming increasingly familiar to Americans: The polar vortex.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2024

A possible hypothesis is that the coloration of the snail is an adaptation in the form of camouflage to protect the snail from predators in the region it is invading.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Their ultimate goal, though, is invading the healthy human brain; in Neuralink’s case, with a two-way interface between your brain and your computing devices, your phones, tablets, and laptops.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2021

A more detached, a freer spirit is invading them, and a desire to get all they can out of life while they can, instead of solemnly worshiping the Englishman's castle.

From The Intelligence of Woman by George, Walter Lionel