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as in to interfere
to interest oneself in what is not one's concern
the story of a would-be matchmaker who intrudes into the lives of her friends
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Recent Examples of intrude
Reading it can feel like intruding on her innermost thoughts.
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Lee Cowan, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2025
The Kremlin deemed such a display unacceptable in wartime and began asserting its right to intrude into private life—something even the late Soviet Union, from the 1960s onward, generally avoided.
—Andrei Yakovlev, Foreign Affairs, 16 May 2025
Have commercial concerns—commercial possibilities—started to intrude in your writing process?
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 13 May 2025
Even the two newest locks, built in 2016, only reuse about 60% of water on each transit – 40% is flushed to avoid saltwater from the oceans intruding into the watershed.
—Karina Garcia, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2025
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Lee Cowan, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2025
The Kremlin deemed such a display unacceptable in wartime and began asserting its right to intrude into private life—something even the late Soviet Union, from the 1960s onward, generally avoided.
—Andrei Yakovlev, Foreign Affairs, 16 May 2025
Have commercial concerns—commercial possibilities—started to intrude in your writing process?
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 13 May 2025
Even the two newest locks, built in 2016, only reuse about 60% of water on each transit – 40% is flushed to avoid saltwater from the oceans intruding into the watershed.
—Karina Garcia, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intrude
Verb
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Yet no one candidate was given more than 30 seconds or a minute to respond to questions, and they were often interrupted by other candidates seeking to interject.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
5 June 2025
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Tesla’s 2 big sellers - the Model 3 and Model Y - have recently been updated, which interrupted production.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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As Cena went for an AA on Rhodes on the announce table, Uso was able to interfere and hit Cena with a spear.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Such a coalition would then need to get China not to interfere, in part by making clear that its goal is the end of the war, not the end of Russia.—
DMYTRO KULEBA,
Foreign Affairs,
30 May 2025
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And to fill that space, fill it beautifully, not take up that space and mess it up in a sense.—
Danielle Pointdujour,
Essence,
23 May 2025
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Our frail nature, damaged by our propensity to mess things up, stands in need of grace and salvation.—
Anna Rowlands,
Time,
12 May 2025
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“Intrude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intrude. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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