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A brain tumor, depending on its location, type and stage, could impair your cognitive functioning and spatial awareness, which could affect your ability to drive.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Excess weight may promote inflammation, impair blood circulation, and contribute to insulin resistance.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

She said the scale, height, and mass of the new ballroom would impair her aesthetic, cultural, and historical interests in viewing and appreciating the White House.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

Baroness Brown, chair of the UK's Climate Change Adaptation committee, has warned that "we know high temperatures can significantly impair concentration and performance" of children in schools.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

All rulers of all ages have tried to impose a false view of the world upon their followers, but they could not afford to encourage any illusion that tended to impair military efficiency.

From "1984" by George Orwell

They read the text of the First Amendment and see that it prohibits Congress from making any law that impairs the free exercise of religion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

This impairs our ability to quickly shed excess heat and makes it harder to judge when our bodies are under burden, simply because we can't see as much sweat on our skin or clothing.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

High blood sugar impairs immune function and narrows vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood, making it harder for skin to heal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026

That may or may not come to pass, but how we behave around others either impairs or enhances our reputation.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026

This blindness impairs us in every act of communication.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

When muscle repair mechanisms become impaired, recovering lost strength and function can become especially challenging.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

She referred to a longstanding American legal doctrine, which stipulates that a court's right to hold a trial is not impaired if the suspect has been the subject of a forceful abduction.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

This suggested that the response could still function even when normal insulin regulation was significantly impaired.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Alleged victims must still prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they were too impaired to consent—and that the accused should have known it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Motor activity impaired; general reduction of glandular functioning; accelerated loss of coordination; and strong indications of progressive amnesia.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

The Cheshire native suffered a stroke in 2013, impairing his ability to walk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

As hard as it might be to imagine, so-called “panic scams” can work by triggering stress responses that shift victims into fight-or-flight, impairing rational thought, according to cybersecurity experts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

In implementing the law, the government further defined "harm" to include "significant habitat modification or degradation where it actually kills or injures wildlife by significantly impairing essential behavioral patterns, including breeding, feeding or sheltering."

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

“In particular, how effective drones are in impairing production and transportation of crude via the Strait of Hormuz.”

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 28, 2026

This is because the act of describing a face has the effect of impairing your otherwise effortless ability to subsequently recognize that face.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell