infringing

Definition of infringingnext
present participle of infringe
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Verb
  • Cuba has said the planes were violating Cuban airspace.
    Carmen Sesin, NBC news, 20 May 2026
  • Driscoll pleaded guilty later in 2010 to violating the order of protection, which was later terminated.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2026
Verb
  • Gellner said removing the items would reduce the snake's chances of invading her premises.
    Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 16 May 2026
  • Ants are invading homes this spring.
    Dan Simms, USA Today, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • On the same statute-of-limitations grounds, the jury also rejected Musk’s claim that Microsoft aided and abetted Altman and Brockman in allegedly breaching their duty to OpenAI.
    David Ingram, NBC news, 18 May 2026
  • Musk filed his lawsuit in 2024, accusing Altman and OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman of unjustly enriching themselves, and OpenAI of breaching its duty as a nonprofit by starting a for-profit wing and taking billions in investment from Microsoft (also named as a defendant).
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • Likewise, Levine has said city staff has tried to discover the best way to address the important issue of residents needing cell phone service, without impinging on enjoyment of Wentworth Park.
    Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Upgrades will require significant reinforcement of some walls and elevator shafts, though engineers have found ways to do the work by pouring new concrete footings and installing additional steel bracing without significantly impinging on internal spaces or being visible on exterior surfaces.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The offending symbol still stays there and demands to be dealt with.
    Charlotte Maracina, USA Today, 20 May 2026
  • The no-escape rule says that after a penalty is called and play stops, the remaining players on the offending team cannot change.
    Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • That’s no different from foreign bots intruding into our elections.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 May 2026
  • There are worse things that could happen than Jimmy Fallon intruding upon your life in the game and being forced to adapt to that.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The 200-acre Fayetteville facility is a fútbol showcase, entrenching Georgia as the center of the international sport’s growth in America.
    Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 7 May 2026
  • Last session, Grow was the state’s sixth-longest-serving senator, entrenching himself in powerful roles as chair of the Senate Finance Committee and co-chair of the budget-setting Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee during his time in office.
    Mark Dee May 4, Idaho Statesman, 4 May 2026
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“Infringing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infringing. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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