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impingement

[im-pinj-muhnt] / ɪmˈpɪndʒ mənt /


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Sasaki went to the sideline in early May with a right shoulder impingement and wasn’t reactivated until the final week of the season — as a reliever.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2025

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

If Roberts’ story was accurate, and Sasaki experienced a shoulder impingement similar to the one that slowed him down last year in Japan, wouldn’t that point to a chronic problem?

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025

The Dodgers soon after announced Sasaki was placed on the injured list after he was diagnosed with right shoulder impingement.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025

Even that fierce, stout, moustachioed and military Prussian, the Baron von Habelschwert, seemed to have derived benefit from his violent impingement on the left shoulder of the Honourable John Ruffin.

From Happy Pollyooly The Rich Little Poor Girl by Jepson, Edgar




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