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
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
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
He also argues the new consultation requirement impinges on academic freedom.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 18, 2023
Most Italians support the provision, opinion polls show, but a vocal minority says it impinges on core labour rights.
From Reuters ● Oct. 18, 2021
They use a specially tuned carrier wave of some sort, he said, that impinges on a thought wave pattern, but instead of registering the pattern's electronic impulse equivalents as does the electroencephalograph, it 'reflects' them.
From The Women-Stealers of Thrayx by Fox B. Holden
Brusuelas says the economy likely won’t be impinged so long as oil stays below $125 a barrel.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
Fleming’s wartime experiences no doubt impinged upon his later characterization of 007, the spy who would transform the author into a household name.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2024
Judges in those cases said the new statutes most likely impinged on social media companies’ free speech rights to distribute information as well as young people’s rights to have access to it.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
But when the application to register the L V Bespoke trademark was made public, Louis Vuitton Malletier objected in March 2022 via lawyers in London claiming the trademark impinged on its intellectual property.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2024
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
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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
First baseman Evan White had hip surgery Monday in New York to repair a tendon that was impinging a joint.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2023
The stream of high-speed electrons impinging upon the energy beam fluoresced into ultra-spicules of intense light.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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