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
Markets have not fallen further because the outlook for earnings growth remains bullish, Turnquist said — though that could change the longer the conflict drags on and further impinges on consumer spending and business investment.
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Rob Wile, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
Higher borrowing costs will impinge on infrastructure spending by states.
—Menaka Doshi, Bloomberg, 25 Mar. 2026
Kurtz’s attorneys argued police lacked probable cause to obtain the information and impinged on his privacy rights.
—Mark Scolforo, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026
Kurtz's attorneys argued police lacked probable cause to obtain the information and impinged on his privacy rights.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
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Rob Wile, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
Higher borrowing costs will impinge on infrastructure spending by states.
—Menaka Doshi, Bloomberg, 25 Mar. 2026
Kurtz’s attorneys argued police lacked probable cause to obtain the information and impinged on his privacy rights.
—Mark Scolforo, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026
Kurtz's attorneys argued police lacked probable cause to obtain the information and impinged on his privacy rights.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impinge
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The standard method for identifying when an SPE occurred is measuring carbon-14, produced when high-energy photos penetrate the Earth’s magnetic field (usually near the poles) and collide with gases in the atmosphere.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 May 2026
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The group of cyclists, who fell after the clash, collided into the side of the SUV and fell onto the pavement.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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Matatu buses bump with heavy bass over their sound systems, and are painted up with mural montages.—
Emmanuel Igunza,
NPR,
7 May 2026
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In a world of more than eight billion busy people, a few will bump into a neighbor traveling in a distant country, for example.—
Faye Flam,
Scientific American,
7 May 2026
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The world’s second largest economy has been relatively insulated from the historic global oil crisis slamming its neighbors – including key regional US allies – due to China’s huge oil reserves, its high level of energy self-sufficiency and its early shift to green energy.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
6 May 2026
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These shards travel billions of light-years across the universe and slam into Earth’s atmosphere.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
6 May 2026
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Chris Sale sliced and diced and Drake Baldwin banged and bashed as the Braves beat the Rockies 9-1 on Saturday at Coors Field, setting a franchise record by starting the year unbeaten in their first 11 series (10-0-1).—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
3 May 2026
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Jurors then heard sounds of banging and choking — and Athena screaming and crying, the Star-Telegram reports.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
27 Apr. 2026
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The Bears smashed 3 home runs in the game with Avery Welch getting things started with a 2-run shot in the bottom of the first after a 1-out walk to Haylie Jimenez.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 May 2026
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Lopez, who smashed 15 homers last season, nearly had his fourth of the season on Friday.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
2 May 2026
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At that house, no one answered a Statesman reporter’s knocks on Monday, but Davidson told the Statesman that his family owns the whole lot.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Apr. 2026
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Alex Hebda, of Wheatfield, and Chris Mercaldo, of Valparaiso, were knocking the balls around the pool table.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Impinge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impinge. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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