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Weak capex would leave Japan behind in the global competition for strategic investments and impair future supply capacity, the bank says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 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

“Gondola cars encased in digital ads, flying 26 feet overhead every 25-30 seconds would irreparably impair the vista, and the sense of calm and escape from urban life,” wrote former state parks director Ruth Coleman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

With a logic problem, asking people to explain themselves doesn’t impair their ability to come up with the answers.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

This damage impairs the ability of nerves to carry electrical messages from the brain to the rest of the body - including those needed for the precise control of muscles needed to walk.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

But as her mom’s care needs progressed, Valencia began providing 24-hour care for her mother, who also suffers from aphasia — a language disorder that impairs speaking, understanding, reading and writing.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 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

His mayoralty also offers today’s floundering New York the fundamental lesson that good government can make a city flourish, while bad government impairs it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

This blindness impairs us in every act of communication.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

It blamed an "unusual confluence of developments that has impaired investor confidence in the market for new public offerings".

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Archuleta, whose granddaughter was killed by an impaired driver, said working to turn the bill into law was a personal fight for him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Brightline’s taxable bondholders are also expected to be heavily impaired.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Edison could have sincerely feared high-voltage electricity and preferred regulations that impaired Westinghouse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

The Warden found a job teaching at a public school and worked a second job helping mentally impaired adults.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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

Cedars-Sinai spokesperson Duke Helfand said the hospital would be unable to recruit and retain physicians, nurses, and specialists if the measure passed, dramatically impairing its ability to provide healthcare.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

“This highlights a new order and durability of oil/energy risks as the war transitions, notably, from temporary disruptions to more lasting capacity destruction impairing the production and passage of oil and gas,” Varathan said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 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