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However, Ting said many in the U.S. would likely view that as an invasion of privacy. Jeremy Olson, Star Tribune, "Mayo Clinic is going public with own COVID-19 modeling," 17 Sep. 2020

To be clear, the invasion of pumpkin products is all about the spice — think cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, clove and allspice — and not about the squash, at least in most cases. Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, "First taste of fall arrives with lots of ways to pumpkin spice up your life in Louisville," 9 Sep. 2020

The American invasion of Iraq in 2003 was painful for many Arabs, a stark reminder of just how weak their people had become. Sam Sweeney, National Review, "The Zero-Sum Game of Syrian Politics," 6 Sep. 2020

Over three books, author Liu Cixin tells the story of the ultimate betrayal of humanity by a group of people who invite an alien invasion of Earth. Jane Li, Quartz, "These are all the ways Chinese fans think Netflix will ruin “The Three-Body Problem”," 5 Sep. 2020

The majority of the court thought that under the circumstances, the drug testing didn’t constitute an invasion of privacy. Laura Hancock, cleveland, "Workers can’t claim invasion of privacy if employers have them watched during urine drug tests: Ohio Supreme Court," 26 Aug. 2020

The privacy invasion is the result of the apps repeatedly reading any text that happens to reside in clipboards, which computers and other devices use to store data that has been cut or copied from things like password managers and email programs. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, "TikTok and 53 other iOS apps still snoop your sensitive clipboard data," 27 June 2020

Some of us find such deliberate tracking creepy and worry about invasion of personal privacy and identify theft; others like the personalization and content suggestions that fit our preferences. Sandee Lamotte, CNN, "Marketers are gathering data on your kids from the apps they use, study finds," 8 Sep. 2020

The fire is being fed by millions of dead trees that succumbed to an invasion of bark beetles during a five-year drought that ended in 2017. Jim Carlton, WSJ, "California Wildfires Have Already Burned More Acres Than in Any Year on Record," 8 Sep. 2020

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