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impingement

[im-pinj-muhnt] / ɪmˈpɪndʒ mənt /


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By the time Sasaki finally went on the injured list with a shoulder impingement in early May, he had a 4.72 ERA and some of the worst underlying metrics in the majors.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2025

It had been four months since his debut season took a dismal turn, landing on the injured list with a shoulder impingement following an opening month marred by poor performance and diminished stuff.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2025

How could a newcomer who practically vanished when he went down with a shoulder impingement five months earlier become the team’s most dominant reliever?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

“The stuff was good,” Roberts said of Kopech, out since the start of the year because of a shoulder impingement.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025

Eight forms of electric lamps using infusible earthy oxides and brought to high incandescence in vacuo by high potential current of several thousand volts; same character as impingement of X-rays on object in bulb.

From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis




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