They bewail the fact that their own fisheries inspection service seems powerless to stop these incursions or arrest the offenders. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
The incursion of television into the American living room. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I think that the word incursion, of course, doesn't really apply here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 7, 2003] Reference
"We hope that this is a short-term incursion so that they Turkey can help deal with the threat.". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
“Any incursion is likely to be triggered by better-than-usual intelligence about the location and activities of senior jihadist leaders.”. From Wordnik.com. [Striking Al-Qaeda’s New Base] Reference
He said the incursion was a result of the government's. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the incursion a. From Wordnik.com. [AfterDowningStreet.org - Bush-Cheney Trials in '09] Reference
The pandemic's near-term incursion heralds only the beginning. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: The Invisible People by Greg Behrman] Reference
The next day, the army called the incursion "a routine patrol.". From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
The Arab League called the incursion "unacceptable," but most Mideast governments kept quiet. From Wordnik.com. [A Mission Of Mystery] Reference
James did in fact raid the North of England in September; but the incursion was a raid and nothing more. From Wordnik.com. [England under the Tudors] Reference
The U.S. called the incursion into North Korean airspace an accident — a routine training mission gone awry. From Wordnik.com. [The Axis of Hackensack] Reference
The city's main synagogue was attacked, though local authorities since then have said the incursion was a robbery designed to look like a hate crime. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The article makes the elaborate case by basically parroting the army's reasoning: the incursion was a targeted strike against militants posing an imminent threat. From Wordnik.com. [Palestine Blogs aggregator] Reference
The Gaza incursion is a fine example. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » More on Israeli Incompetence] Reference
I think that there will be some kind of incursion, but not quite yet. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 11, 2002] Reference
News of Nixon's "incursion" into Cambodia had angered protestors in the spring. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Raeburn: How Two Teenagers Beat the Secret Service] Reference
This would be the kind of incursion that Turkey has been threatening to carry out. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 26, 2007] Reference
We have said to the Turks that a major -- some kind of incursion into Iraq is only going to cause further instability. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 28, 2007] Reference
And as we talked about earlier, Paula, you mentioned that you're seeing truly an escalation, at least in preparations potentially for some kind of incursion into Lebanon. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 21, 2006] Reference
For example, sustained total war is called an 'incursion'. From Wordnik.com. [Signs of the Times] Reference
The first time I saw Cambodia was during the American "incursion" in the spring of 1970. From Wordnik.com. [Vindy.com stories: Vindy.com Newswatch - Breaking News from around Youngstown, Warren, Columbiana Ohio] Reference
Nevertheless, the incursion has boosted Putin's popularity. From Wordnik.com. [Russia] Reference
During the Israeli incursion, police even fought back alongside Islamic extremists. From Wordnik.com. [Middle East: The Making Of A Martyr] Reference
Both candidates oppose Iran's nuclear ambitions and Russia's incursion into Georgia. From Wordnik.com. [The World Isn’t So Dark] Reference
India considered pursuing the rebels into Pakistan -- an incursion that could have led to war. From Wordnik.com. [Worst-Case Scenarios] Reference
Panicked, they report the incursion by cell phone and tear off in their sport utility vehicle. From Wordnik.com. [Smoke Alarm] Reference
Abrams's version -- which seemed to endorse the goal of Israel's military incursion -- prevailed. From Wordnik.com. [The Wars Through Arab Eyes] Reference
(The incursion of unmanned drones and, more recently, U.S. troops into eastern Pakistan hasn't helped.). From Wordnik.com. [‘A Fight To The Death’] Reference
More worryingly, they've also backed calls from the military for an incursion into northern Iraq this spring. From Wordnik.com. [The Price of Deference] Reference
A recent incursion into Japanese territorial waters by a Chinese sub has aggravated rising nationalism on both sides. From Wordnik.com. [FUEL TO THE FIRE] Reference
An increase in rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza provoked an Israeli incursion that led Abbas to suspend peace talks. From Wordnik.com. [Looking for Mr. Right] Reference
The big Olympic sponsors too have fantasized about a major market incursion into China under the umbrella of the five rings. From Wordnik.com. [Another Olympic Scandal Brewing?] Reference
Since the war began there has been an entire shelf of good books written describing the conditions that doomed a military incursion. From Wordnik.com. [Tomorrow, Tomorrow] Reference
I've considered a variety of options: running kids off, inviting them in, ignoring their incursion, putting the pool out of operation. From Wordnik.com. [Summertime And Litigiousness Is Easy] Reference
The Palestinian assaults have prompted the first large-scale incursion into the Gaza Strip since Israel withdrew from the area a year ago. From Wordnik.com. [A Familiar Drill] Reference
But the five-hour incursion seems only to have stiffened the resistance of Jenin's radicals, who say dozens more bombers are ready to die. From Wordnik.com. [Middle East: The Making Of A Martyr] Reference
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