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impinge

[im-pinj] / ɪmˈpɪndʒ /


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The 1951 treaty allowed the U.S. military almost unlimited permission to operate there, as long as it didn’t impinge on Danish sovereignty or freedom of movement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Nor does it impinge on the States’ authority ‘to create and enforce a legal code’ for elections.’”

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

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

It is quite evident that man may gaze at a distant star and be little the wiser concerning the different lengths of the waves which impinge upon his eyes.

From Autobiography of an Electron Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion by Charles R. (Charles Robert) Gibson

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

"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

“Attacking the way we eat impinges on our privacy and that is very serious,” Gutmann said as she busied herself in the kitchen of their Paris home.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2022

This projection serves a double purpose: it gives a point of attachment for the quartz needle, and on firing the bow it forms a resisting anvil on which the string of the bow impinges.

From On Laboratory Arts by Richard Threlfall

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

It showed that a person’s decision making is impinged by something as simple as a modest memory task.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

“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

In the past, critics have viewed “debt-for-nature swaps” as impinging on the national sovereignty of indebted countries by placing financial and environmental decision-making power in the hands of foreign entities.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 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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