gate-crashed

Definition of gate-crashednext
past tense of gate-crash
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Verb
  • That includes Moscow cutting off natural gas supplies to Europe in retaliation for sanctions the West imposed after Russia invaded Ukraine.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 May 2026
  • The pitch was invaded a few seconds after the final whistle.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 May 2026
Verb
  • Even a senator's office appears to have been infiltrated.
    Vanessa Romo, NPR, 14 May 2026
  • In some areas, the guards themselves have been infiltrated or co-opted by criminal organizations.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • But the unresolved conflict still intruded on the dealmaking.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
  • Red-state politicians and tea party activists protested that Common Core intruded on state control of education; the Obama administration’s support for the standards intensified that opposition.
    Steven Yoder, States Newsroom, 20 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Cuba has long defended its decision to shoot down the planes, insisting that Brothers to the Rescue had encroached on the country's sovereignty.
    Joe Walsh, CBS News, 18 May 2026
  • Most of these settlers farmed, but then the cities of Cleveland and Akron encroached from north and south.
    Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 16 May 2026
Verb
  • Officials say this isn't the first time someone has trespassed on the property.
    Chierstin Roth, CBS News, 13 May 2026
  • Emory claimed that day that those arrested were outsiders who trespassed on school property.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Gate-crashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gate-crashed. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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