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impingement

[im-pinj-muhnt] / ɪmˈpɪndʒ mənt /


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Rand’s Objectivist school regarded capitalism as morally superior to other systems and condemned government regulation as an impingement on the freedom of the individual.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026

There’s a belt squat machine, for people with shoulder impingement or spinal compression issues; a bilateral leg press which helps with imbalances; “specialty bars” which help avoid impact on the shoulders.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026

It had been four months since his debut season took a dismal turn, landing on the injured list with a shoulder impingement following an opening month marred by poor performance and diminished stuff.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2025

How could a newcomer who practically vanished when he went down with a shoulder impingement five months earlier become the team’s most dominant reliever?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

The instrument is so sensitive that with a delicate galvanometer it will show the impingement of the heat from a person's hand thirty feet away.

From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis




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