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Confronted with streaming, onrushing impedimenta, even the most stolid passengers collapse into beyond-the-pale-of-reason seizures of fright.
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Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 21 Feb. 2023
Astor Place had the impedimenta landlords left on the sidewalk after old tenants died.
—Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2020
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Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 21 Feb. 2023
Astor Place had the impedimenta landlords left on the sidewalk after old tenants died.
—Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2020
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“Impedimenta.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impedimenta. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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impedimenta
plural noun
im·ped·i·men·ta
(ˌ)im-ˌped-ə-ˈment-ə 
: things (as baggage or equipment) that keep one from moving freely
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