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impinges

  • present tense form of impinge (3rd person singular).

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They have claimed this ban actually risks making children less safe, argued it impinges on their rights, and repeatedly pointed to the questions around the tech that will be used to enforce the policy.

From BBC Dec. 8, 2025

He also argues the new consultation requirement impinges on academic freedom.

From Science Magazine Oct. 18, 2023

“Attacking the way we eat impinges on our privacy and that is very serious,” Gutmann said as she busied herself in the kitchen of their Paris home.

From Seattle Times Apr. 15, 2022

Most Italians support the provision, opinion polls show, but a vocal minority says it impinges on core labour rights.

From Reuters Oct. 18, 2021

And I derive it from what may be called optical reactions; that is, the reaction of light and the substances on which it impinges.

From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward