encroach on
encroach on a neighbor's land.
The sea is encroaching upon the land.
desert encroaching upon grassland.
the sea has encroached all round the coast.
encroach upon the interests of sb. for one's own good
His new house encroached on his neighbour's land.
New housing is starting to encroach upon the surrounding fields.
rather than encroach on his privacy she might have kept to her room.
His new farm buildings encroached on his neighbour’s land.
The rearward bargeboard encroaches into this area and a pod wing rises up from the floor to also form the rear view mirror housing.
Urban development across Australia is increasingly encroaching on wild kangaroo habitats.
They encroached on almost all her time.
Uh, that the bony tumors are growing inward and encroaching on his brain.
To, say, avoid an encroaching predator.
Pierce is not just encroaching on Kamin's business.
Midland is home to Dow Chemical, and the flooding is already encroaching on the company's main plant site.
Pando has survived many millennia of changing climates and encroaching ice.
This pushes the entire coast back, encroaching on homes and destabilizing land.
Essentially what she's painting is this bleak picture of the encroaching disaster.
The great combinations of capital have encroached upon the rights of the masses.
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