impingement

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impingement
Noun
  • That maneuver allegedly caused another vehicle to swerve to avoid impact, which led to a fatal head-on collision that killed 78-year-old Herman Hall and injured two others.
    Essence News Editors, Essence, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The collision, which happened about 7:53 a.m. Feb. 10 near the intersection of Tennyson Road and Calaroga Avenue, killed Lydia Guerra, 26, of Hayward.
    Harry Harris, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Sierra Leone is one of the poorest countries in the world, so these job losses will have significant impact on the economy.
    The Dial, The Dial, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Evaluating sea-level rise impact zones: The Navigator enables precise mapping of low-lying coastal areas at risk from rising sea levels.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The biggest shock to anyone standing within that path and having clear weather — which certainly wasn’t everyone on April 8, 2024 — was the sight of the sun's corona, its wispy white outer atmosphere.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • His dissertation for his Harvard University economics PhD – appropriately for the current moment – was about how South Korea’s economy could weather external shocks.
    Mike Valerio, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Impingement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impingement. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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