impinge

Example Sentences

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"So many clubs are in MCOs that to introduce a set of rules would impinge upon them," Maguire added.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

Human rights advocates fear the new policy will impinge on civil rights.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025

In other words, actions like mining development, agriculture and so on, unleash a whole lot of chemicals which impinge on us every day.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2024

“We can build an inclusive environment in many ways, but compelled statements impinge on freedom of expression, and they don’t work.”

From New York Times • May 6, 2024

Should all the Rays be reflected which impinge on the internal parts of clear Water or Crystal, those Substances would rather have a cloudy Colour than a clear Transparency.

From Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Newton, Isaac, Sir