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Six example sentences with encroach, each labelled with its topic.
Sand dunes encroach on the coastal road each winter, and crews clear the drifts before spring traffic returns.
Environment
The survey showed the new garage encroaching eleven inches onto the neighbor's lot, which forced an expensive settlement.
Law
Officials warn defenders who encroach into the restricted arc before the shooter has even left the floor.
Basketball
Critics argued the emergency decree let the executive encroach on powers the constitution reserves for parliament.
Politics
The coffee chain began to encroach on the bakery's lunch trade by adding sandwiches to every counter.
Business
Planners rejected the tower because its balconies would encroach two meters into the setback the code reserves for daylight.
Architecture
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- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
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