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impingement

[im-pinj-muhnt] / ɪmˈpɪndʒ mənt /


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While working back from that injury, he had setbacks with an impingement in his left shoulder.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

Terry has a chronic hip impingement, the Ducks revealed Thursday in their postseason injury report.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 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

Sasaki went 1-1 with a 4.72 ERA in eight starts before going on the injured list with a shoulder impingement in mid-May.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2025

They furnish a point of impingement in articulation, and play their part in sympathetic resonance.

From Resonance in Singing and Speaking by Thomas Fillebrown

Instead of loneliness and grief or outcries over impingements on their freedom, they’ve gotten used to a routine of short-term pain for collective gain.

From New York Times Feb. 1, 2021

Phelps was acquired from Miami last July and then did two stints on the disabled list for right elbow impingements.

From Washington Times Mar. 22, 2018

The boating industry, and boaters themselves, often push back against what they see as impingements on their boating experiences.

From Washington Post Jan. 18, 2017

"There may be more subcorocoid vs. subacromional type shoulder impingements due to the internally rotated and forward flexed position of the shoulder and arm that occurs with each repeated swim stroke" Dr. Rodeo says.

From US News May 11, 2016

Only the most jaded appetite could linger without sharp impingements before these condensations and transformations of the kindly fruits of the earth.

From A Hoosier Chronicle by F. C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn




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