impinge
Example Sentences
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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
The court order blocking deployment of the National Guard "improperly impinges on the president's authority and needlessly endangers federal personnel and property," Sauer added.
From Barron's
"All it will do is impinge further on the freedoms of law-abiding Brits."
From BBC
Human rights advocates fear the new policy will impinge on civil rights.
From Los Angeles Times
She really believed that she was seeking consensus, tolerant of all perspectives as long as they didn’t impinge on her beliefs, the origins of which are poignantly related later in the play.
From Los Angeles Times
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