impingements

plural of impingement

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Noun
  • The changing gravitational field as a star sheds mass can disrupt the planets' orbits, resulting in many collisions between asteroids, comets and surviving planets and moons over billions of years that can grind solid bodies down to dust and small chunks.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Just this month, the regulator opened a new inquiry into dozens of reports that Teslas with FSD engaged had violated traffic laws, with some of these incidents leading to collisions and injuries.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Forecasters said flooding impacts may increase across western Jamaica next week.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • But the agency cautions WIC is not yet funded for fiscal year 2026 and shutdown impacts could be coming.
    Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Giving a sniper rifle explosive rounds that also cause electrical shocks seems like overkill, but shooting that gun never gets old.
    Jason Fanelli, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Policymakers should focus on accelerating implementation of Africa’s free trade area to make the continent more resilient to global shocks, the secretary general of the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat said.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Fresh off a high-voltage, high-purpose runway—exuberant silhouettes and jolts of color lighting up Paris—Stella McCartney invited Vogue100 for a lunch dînatoire offering a closer look at her groundbreaking Summer 2026 collection and a post-show chat with the designer herself.
    Sasha Pinto, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Mostly, though, Wingard deploys his first-person POV gimmick for the purposes of cheaply effective jolts.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Impingements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impingements. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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