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Impairing the act of state doctrine, said the opinion written by John Marshall Harlan, "would work serious inroads on the maximum effectiveness of United States diplomacy."

From Time Magazine Archive

Impairing the force of this gift, was a stubborn tenacity of will, which rendered her obtuse to all reasoning where her own wishes, or her own sense of right, was concerned. 

From Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

Health to this presence, though the newes Impairing health I bring unto this presence; The bodies of the drowned Constantine And the faire Euphrata, behold them both.

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

My love and fear glued many friends to thee; And, now I fall, thy tough commixtures melt, Impairing Henry, strengthening mis-proud York.

From King Henry VI, Part 3 by Shakespeare, William