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impinge upon





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As Ms. Carr shows, the parental perspective of what is happening may not impinge upon what siblings think is happening.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

World Athletics said allowing the athletes to transfer their nationality "would impinge upon and compromise the imperatives underlying the World Athletics eligibility rules and transfer of allegiance regulations".

From BBC Apr. 16, 2026

There’s so many factors that can impinge upon the expression of that bond.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 16, 2022

Achieving a world in which one’s sexual orientation does not impinge upon one’s life choices and opportunities is the crux of the gay rights movement — or at least it used to be.

From Washington Post Nov. 30, 2020

And the grinding click of their skates as they impinge upon the surface, Is like the brushing together of thin wing-tips of silver.

From Some Imagist Poets, 1916 An Annual Anthology by Richard Aldington




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