Example Sentences

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The monitor mount will encroach a bit on displays with very thin bezels.

From The Verge • Jul. 15, 2021

While there are no U.S. passenger-car builders, CRRC’s success has fueled a backlash by American freight companies, which fear the company will encroach on the country’s far bigger freight car market.

From Reuters • May 9, 2019

No one knows whether, when or by how much properties will depreciate, seas will encroach or flood insurance policies will change.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2016

"A blame-game against our country is starting, that, based on the new agreement we will encroach on human rights," he told parliament.

From Reuters • Apr. 1, 2016

In a certain number of times another will break there again; presently one will encroach the merest trifle; after a while another encroaches again, and the apparent irregularity is really sternly regular.

From The Open Air by Jefferies, Richard