gate-crashing

Definition of gate-crashingnext
present participle of gate-crash

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • The thymus is responsible for producing the body’s T cells, which help to target and destroy invading pathogens.
    Taylor Mitchell Brown, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The Pentagon worries that an expanding Chinese arsenal could be a prelude to invading Taiwan or an attempt to beat America's missile defenses, Panda said.
    Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 11 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Thematically, Wuthering Heights is reminiscent of the director’s previous movie, Saltburn, which also saw a rough outsider infiltrating the upper class in Britain.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The story begins with the Minions infiltrating Hollywood and pitching their own monster movie.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Coyotes are encroaching on urban areas, and have killed household pets and livestock, while sometimes also biting humans.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Next to him on the catwalk-slash-stage, Marguerite LeRolland, senior global insight manager at data analytics firm Euromonitor, spoke about the shifting political landscape and encroaching economic pressures.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 23 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Rewatching bits and pieces of the director’s filmography this week, the ongoing investigation into the killings of Reiner and his wife kept intruding.
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research’s long-standing Research for Civil Security program, the system uses an extendable net to safely capture intruding drones without causing debris or collateral damage.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Elizabeth and her family are attending as guests and Michael is caught trespassing.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Municipal Judge Margo Kirchner has ruled that Paul Florsheim, a Shorewood resident and professor at the University of Wisconsin − Milwaukee, was trespassing on private property while walking along Lake Michigan last summer.
    Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Bad Bunny pretaped the segment inside the casita, faux-falling through the roof and quite literally crashing a family gathering before exiting to the remainder of the performance.
    Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2026
  • The Bulls failed in their attempt to construct a team around veterans through free agency and trades, briefly showing flashes of promise in the 2021-22 season before crashing back to earth.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
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“Gate-crashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gate-crashing. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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