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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

Feudalism, conservatism, family piety, are dissolved; and, as the conquering mobile civilisations impinge upon quiescent peoples, new ambitions and desires are created among populations hitherto content to live as their forefathers lived.

From American World Policies by Walter E. Weyl

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

In subsequent books, the outside world impinges on Roz’s idyll.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025

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

Finally in the north-east corner of Kashmír the frontier impinges on the great Central Asian axis of the Kuenlun.

From The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Sir James McCrone Douie

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

MSPs made significant amendments to the current hate crime legislation when they were scrutinising the bill in parliament after lawyers, journalists and comedians raised concerns that it impinged on free speech.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2024

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

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

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

According to atomists such as Gassendi, light was caused by a stream of tiny particles emerging from bright objects, like the Sun, and impinging on the eyes of the viewer.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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