as in to collide
to come into usually forceful contact with something
hail was noisily impinging upon the car's exterior
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Recent Examples of impinge
Swimming, then, was seen as a form of physical activity that didn’t impinge on women’s supposedly innate femininity.
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Sophia Stewart, The Atlantic, 21 June 2024
The justices also said that since Elster was still free to use the phrase, his free speech rights were not impinged upon.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
However, the i4's fastback shape does impinge on rear headroom somewhat.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 23 May 2024
Now, as Israel prepares for an imminent invasion of Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah, the Netanyahu government is impinging on freedom of the press in a way that may limit oversight and should put the world’s liberal democracies on guard.
—Nicole Narea, Vox, 6 May 2024
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Sophia Stewart, The Atlantic, 21 June 2024
The justices also said that since Elster was still free to use the phrase, his free speech rights were not impinged upon.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
However, the i4's fastback shape does impinge on rear headroom somewhat.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 23 May 2024
Now, as Israel prepares for an imminent invasion of Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah, the Netanyahu government is impinging on freedom of the press in a way that may limit oversight and should put the world’s liberal democracies on guard.
—Nicole Narea, Vox, 6 May 2024
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Bell, who entered a corner at excessive speed and collided with the wall, faced penalties that demoted him from 18th to 22nd place, costing him a spot in the Championship 4.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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These ejections can collide with Earth’s magnetosphere, the barrier protecting humanity from the harshest impacts of space weather, to produce geomagnetic storms.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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But no team has bumped, set, and spiked in recent years with more authority than Merino.Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
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But this year’s election cycle has been decidedly quieter for bumping the national threshold to $15 an hour.Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Lydia Lucero, 49, lives nearby and said the truck appeared to have been up in the middle of 15th Avenue after slamming into the wall of a corner house.Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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After making landfall in Cuba, the storm is expected to sideswipe the Florida Keys and slam into Louisiana at the weekend, though the forecast this far out is still unclear.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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All Zemeckis needs to do now is, ironically, convince the studio that has apparently been banging down his door.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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Once the doors were closed, various musical instruments, including a guitar and a trumpet, started playing and banging against the cabinet’s walls.Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
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But by the end of the third quarter, Berkshire Hathaway smashed its previous cash record by selling another quarter of its stake in the tech company, or 100 million shares, bringing its total shares to 300 million, down from 400 million.Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
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The Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint kicked off Saturday’s nine Breeders’ Cup races with a smashing stretch duel and 5-horse blanket finish with longshot Soul of an Angel winning at 19/1 odds.Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Live updates on Election Day snags:Legal fights and long, long lines Profanities and a punch that knocked glasses off judge's face Again, police reported, Schmidt was told to go to the back of the line.Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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Both campaigns have been trying to finish strong with turnout operations and door knocking right up until the polls close.Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Impinge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impinge. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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