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
We’re supposed to all get together and make our government without the church impinging upon the state, but nonetheless, so much legislation and so much policy.
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Todd Gilchrist, IndieWire, 11 July 2025
The fast-moving events suggest that global crises are piling up in ways that are impinging other parts of Trump’s agenda.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 19 June 2025
The power to restrict immigration and peaceful visitors impinge on Americans’ ability, and sometimes the very right, to trade.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 2 June 2025
However, reality can’t help but impinge on daily life.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
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Todd Gilchrist, IndieWire, 11 July 2025
The fast-moving events suggest that global crises are piling up in ways that are impinging other parts of Trump’s agenda.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 19 June 2025
The power to restrict immigration and peaceful visitors impinge on Americans’ ability, and sometimes the very right, to trade.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 2 June 2025
However, reality can’t help but impinge on daily life.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impinge
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Poised to make his 49ers debut is rookie fourth-round pick Jordan Watkins, who nearly collided in warmups Thursday with Skyy Moore in Moore’s return from a one-day hiatus (ankle injury).—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
17 Oct. 2025
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The pair touched at the corner exit with Piastri forced wide and close to colliding with a nearby wall.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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The Jays needed to navigate a six-man rotation or bump someone from the starting staff.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The Chiefs were blown out by the Philadelphia Eagles—at one point, the score was 34–0—and Kelce was spotted on the sidelines screaming at and bumping the Chiefs’ coach, Andy Reid.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
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With Sami's back turned, Dragunov tried to hit a move near the corner, but Sami dodged it and slammed his opponent back overhead.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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One verbally slammed Thanedar for his support of Israel, and another took on Kinloch regarding recent comments on bringing the National Guard to Detroit.—
Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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There are up to 20,000 rabid people raining down their emotions from all angles, a dozen sticks clattering, two dozen skates carving, all those burly bodies bumping into each other and banging into the boards, plus an endless stream of screaming and grunting and cursing.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Vanderbilt played 13 minutes Wednesday before being removed midway through the second quarter with a left quadriceps contusion after banging his left knee with a Mavericks defender.—
Oc Register,
Oc Register,
16 Oct. 2025
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Thieves scaled the facade of the Parisian museum in broad daylight Sunday, using a ladder boosted by a mechanical boom truck and forcing a window open, smashing display cases inside, and making off with a handful of priceless jewels, PEOPLE previously reported.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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Officials said thieves extended a basket lift to a window and smashed it open with an angle grinder.—
Bonny Chu , Ronn Blitzer,
FOXNews.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Last year in a Bravo League football game against Tesoro, a 44-14 win for the Sea Kings in which Annett passed for 285 yards, he was hit by a defender while making a throw, knocking his right (throwing) shoulder out of socket.—
Richard Dunn,
Oc Register,
16 Oct. 2025
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This isn’t to knock van der Kolk’s book—a book on mental health being so popular feels like a win—but fewer and fewer books getting larger and larger deals is a worrying trend.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Impinge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impinge. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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