low impact

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Golf has a reputation as a low-impact sport.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

In these cases, you should modify your activities, switch to low-impact exercises like walking and swimming, and avoid movements like bending, twisting or lifting.

From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2025

In particular, the company’s Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project in Nevada can alleviate U.S. vulnerabilities in those minerals’ supply chains, by establishing a major domestic source with innovative low-cost, low-impact extraction methods.

From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025

Even then, the firm could remove only a small portion of the parking lot’s asphalt, lest they trigger local low-impact development codes.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

"This means a substantial proportion of our frontline resource is currently directed at low-impact reports, diverting capacity from higher-impact prevention and enforcement work."

From BBC • May 20, 2025