impinging

verb

present participle of impinge
as in colliding
to come into usually forceful contact with something hail was noisily impinging upon the car's exterior

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Recent Examples of impinging Gonzalez was a little worried about impinging on Sinclaire, also a single mother, but took the offer — her only other option was to move in with her mother in New Jersey. — Kayla Levy, Curbed, 25 June 2026 Likewise, Levine has said city staff has tried to discover the best way to address the important issue of residents needing cell phone service, without impinging on enjoyment of Wentworth Park. — Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 30 Apr. 2026 Upgrades will require significant reinforcement of some walls and elevator shafts, though engineers have found ways to do the work by pouring new concrete footings and installing additional steel bracing without significantly impinging on internal spaces or being visible on exterior surfaces. — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026 In principle, besides fluctuating stars transients can be associated with other things, too, such as extreme space weather events impinging on the upper atmosphere, sunlight glinting off reflective objects near Earth, as well as flaws in the telescope or the imaging process. — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2025 Workers aren’t necessarily worried about AI impinging on their jobs – a large majority, 80%, view AI technologies, including gen AI, as more of an opportunity than a threat. — Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025 Democrats are apoplectic, accusing Trump of impinging on the Fed’s independence. — Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impinging
  1. colliding
  2. bumping
  3. slamming
  4. banging
  5. smashing
  6. crashing
  7. ramming
  8. knocking
Verb
  • When two helicopters operate in close proximity, their rotors risk colliding in flight and then coming apart explosively, which would lead the aircraft to fall to the ground with the aerodynamics of a lawn dart.
    — Brynn Tannehill, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
  • Their ability to absorb the energy of colliding cars—forcing rails to curl up, rather than spear—is the result of decades of clever engineering.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of colliding
Verb
  • Team 2023 Hagel becomes our first player to pull double-duty, bumping Ryan O’Reilly out of the forward group.
    — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • This can sometimes work against you, though, since bumping the front of the laptop can register as an input.
    — John Loeffler, PC Magazine, 20 July 2026
Definition of bumping
Verb
  • Even slamming the door of the Mercedes is a subdued event with its soft-close doors.
    — Sasha Lekach, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • One of the charges, his half-sister said, involved slamming his hand on the hood of an NYPD van that was blocking traffic in Times Square.
    — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of slamming
Verb
  • The game actually drew a decent spring crowd of 10,000-12,000, partially because Chesney had worked so hard at banging the drum.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026
  • According to the woman’s account, Leverett was banging his head against the walls and windows the day of the shooting.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2026
Definition of banging
Verb
  • On the contrary, Atlanta United, which started play in 2017, got the All-Star Game in its second year after smashing several attendance records.
    — Kamran Nia July 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026
  • Worse still, scientists say orcas may be smashing into much smaller sunfish for fun.
    — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 23 July 2026
Definition of smashing
Verb
  • Just 16 minutes passed between Florian Lipowitz crashing out and his teammate Remco Evenepoel winning stage 16 of the Tour de France.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • The pickup continued about a block along Taylor Road, nearly striking several pedestrians before crashing into a tree, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of crashing
Verb
  • Philippine video shows a group of eight Chinese troops in a boat ramming one of the smaller Philippine craft.
    — Ivan Watson, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • Given the context, the ramming behavior could be a more efficient method to eat sunfish than meticulously pulling it apart.
    — Joseph Kim, NPR, 24 July 2026
Definition of ramming
Verb
  • The surveillance footage released by police in 2012 from the night before the murder showed a person in a hoodie and baggy pants walking up the stairs outside Chavez’s apartment and knocking on the door.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
  • Jay Harry is knocking at the door Blue Jays designated hitter Sean Keys had a front-row seat for Jay Harry’s breakout season.
    — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of knocking

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“Impinging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impinging. Accessed 29 Jul. 2026.

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