impinge upon
Example Sentences
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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
At intervals it touches the water’s edge, at others parting from it; the deflections due to “bluffs” which here and there impinge upon the stream, leaving no room for path between it and their bases.
From Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco by Tilney, F.C.
