P&G, he said, isn't as susceptible to private-label encroachment as some marketers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Advertising Age - Homepage] Reference

And by the way, I think that encroachment is a more useful legal concept than “harm”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Change I Can Believe In] Reference

Balter suggested that GameStop can withstand near-term encroachment from physical retailers.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Revenue was flat in the past year, as private-label encroachment cut U.S. and European sales 14%.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mead Johnson Still Has Room to Grow] Reference

If the government uses the tax money to further infringe on your freedom, that additional encroachment is covered under a different metric.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discourse.net: Textbook Takedown] Reference

Turki pointed to what he said was Iran's "encroachment" earlier this year on land in southern.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home] Reference

Turki pointed to what he said was Iran's "encroachment" earlier this year on land in southern Iraq.    From Wordnik.com.  [Assyrian International News Agency] Reference

Making things even more painful is the leader of the encroachment is his father, who exiled him to his mother’s people.    From Wordnik.com.  [Savage Sun-Cassie Edwards « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews] Reference

"This kind of encroachment has been going on since John Kennedy influenced the creation of the U.S. Department of Education.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines] Reference

"There is a constant sense of encroachment by computers," he says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Man Vs. Machine] Reference

St.Rep. DUNCAN: Any encroachment on the rule of law is unacceptable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Religious Laws Long Recognized By U.S. Courts] Reference

It was because of the encroachment of Nothingness that Sam was in such a hurry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nothing Revolts] Reference

Human encroachment was a disturbance on a grand scale, and the rats exploited it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mammals of Mass Destruction] Reference

Teachers often counter parental encroachment by asking parents to let them do their job.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tyler Mahoney: How to Manage Me: Millennials and Communication] Reference

 Anything else is the slow encroachment of the government on the rights of individuals.    From Wordnik.com.  [James Miller: Treacherous Politics] Reference

This encroachment happened slowly at first, but it is happening at an alarming rate of late.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rizwan A. Rahmani: The Art of Talking Middle East Peace with a Forked Tongue] Reference

Dell has been fighting HP in the server market, and both have been fighting encroachment by Cisco.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Real Value Of 3Par] Reference

He cited his past opposition to what he called government encroachment on the state's health sector.    From Wordnik.com.  [Minnesota Balks at Health-Law Funds] Reference

China clearly has an incentive to preclude the encroachment of American influence in so vital a region.    From Wordnik.com.  [China Needs New Priorities] Reference

If anything, those young men were defending their local ways and customs from encroachment from outside.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Turnaround Strategy] Reference

But such problems and protests are not likely to stop the encroachment -- ranchette life is just too good.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ranching The Nouvelle West] Reference

We are defending the wholesomeness and the beauty of our beloved city against this encroachment of population.    From Wordnik.com.  [Parks for the People Proceedings of a Public Meeting held at Faneuil Hall, June 7, 1876] Reference

"In almost every case," says City Librarian Deborah Jacobs, "we saw the encroachment of books on public spaces.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Architecture: A Kool New Library] Reference

With the end of the cold war, Israel is no longer a vital bastion against Soviet encroachment in the Middle East.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bush Bashes Israel] Reference

Some white students didn't look kindly on the encroachment: the next day, three nooses hung from the oak's branches.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Town In Turmoil] Reference

As if that were not challenging enough, the Chitimacha later faced encroachment by French, Spanish and U.S. settlers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nikolas Kozloff: Oil and Cultural Genocide: From the Amazon to the Gulf] Reference

To the pressure there is in this case added a certain measure of encroachment upon the unity of the material substance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Man or Matter] Reference

For years the tribe witnessed the loss of native wetlands, encroachment by the oil and gas industry and even hurricanes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nikolas Kozloff: Oil and Cultural Genocide: From the Amazon to the Gulf] Reference

It was the encroachment of new ideas upon old ones -- a pitting of the strength of the coming generation against his own.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference

Convention, and will do its utmost to prevent any of its inhabitants from making any encroachment upon lands beyond the said State.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference

These org-anizations claim such a move is necessary to preserve Thailand's character and prevent the encroachment of foreign mores.    From Wordnik.com.  [Armies of the Enlightened] Reference

The Dogon's traditional culture and natural environment is being threatened by the encroachment of tourists and modern ways of life.    From Wordnik.com.  [TIP SHEET] Reference

What they hoped to find was some common strengths that would help fortify their city against a neocolonial encroachment from the north.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Coming Of Mao Zedong Chic] Reference

In fact, FSC certification can be much more effective at preventing encroachment and preserving forests than government protected areas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tensie Whelan: Saving Forests with Carrots as well as Sticks - Part 2] Reference

Several of the Japanese characters, such as Prince Yamadori, wore Western clothing, showing the encroachment of the West on this once-closed society.    From Wordnik.com.  [Santa Fe's Busy 'Tales,' Bloody 'Butterfly,' Tinny 'Flute'] Reference

Even prices have recovered since the infamous "Marlboro Friday" last April, when Philip Morris cut prices to stave off encroachment by discount brands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fighting And Switching] Reference

But the boom has upset many local townspeople, whose rhetoric sounds a lot like what the Native Americans used to say about the white man's encroachment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Casino Clout For Native Americans] Reference