impinge
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It states that it does not impinge on constitutionally protected rights to express political, academic or ideological disagreements.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
If these two AI giants cannot access public markets for equity this could significantly impinge on their future growth prospects – and that of the whole AI boom, says Cox.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
As Ms. Carr shows, the parental perspective of what is happening may not impinge upon what siblings think is happening.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
"It is important that nothing is said that would either potentially defame an individual, nor impinge upon the police investigation which is ongoing," stated the letter, signed by two senior members of the church.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2025
Now for the effect of electric waves such as Hertz produced, when they impinge upon substances reduced to powder or filings.
From Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery by George Iles
Players will also flow into some clubs in a similar fashion, I'm sure, and I'm afraid all of this impinges on managers and coaches from this country, who are not part of that network.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
Lawyers for Carter said in briefs that the type of training ordered “is a commonplace civil contempt sanction” and denied that it impinges on the airline’s free speech rights.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2024
"India takes such inputs seriously since it impinges on our own national security interests as well," he said.
From Reuters ● Nov. 22, 2023
He also argues the new consultation requirement impinges on academic freedom.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 18, 2023
And I derive it from what may be called optical reactions; that is, the reaction of light and the substances on which it impinges.
From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Edward Hitchcock
Brusuelas says the economy likely won’t be impinged so long as oil stays below $125 a barrel.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
At the circuit court on Monday, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Drew Ensign said that Baosberg’s order, which affects only the expulsions under the Alien Enemies Act, impinged on executive authority.
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2025
The disappearance of China's defence minister heightened uncertainty about President Xi Jinping's stance towards international engagement, worker strikes impinged on global production and the spectre of a U.S. government shutdown returned.
From Reuters ● Sep. 18, 2023
But she refused to allow her rights to be impinged upon, even if neighbors questioned her patriotism or her propriety.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
A feeling that I was forgetting something impinged on my too- rare happiness.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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“Magnificent Seven” stocks are impinging on investors’ returns, according to Citigroup — and it’s triggered the fourth-worst day for momentum stocks in 22 years.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
However, to allow the declaration element of Massa's case to proceed "comes too close in my view to impinging on the right of the FIA to govern its own affairs", the judge said.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2025
"I don't think that's impinging on anybody's First Amendment rights to protect my staff."
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2023
They carefully scraped away harmful algae and predators impinging on staghorn fragments, under the supervision and training of interns from Islamorada Conservation and Restoration Education, or I.CARE.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 20, 2023
They had fenced off the parallel faces of each dee with a grid of fine tungsten wires to prevent the electrical field from impinging within the dees while allowing the particle beam to pass through.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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