Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
impinge .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the physical coming together of two or more things
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Examples
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WHITFIELD: ... because they won their argument that Bratz was kind of impinging and fringing upon their market.
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Mr Dave Kriby, chairman of the employer grouping in the auto industry national bargaining forum, said it was a fact that the Seifsa dispute was "impinging" on auto suppliers.
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"Oh, then _that_'s all right," she said; "and I don't think even he would ever have thought of 'impinging'; it's lovely, isn't it?
Punch or the London Charivari, October 10, 1920 Various 1898
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Vegetables are impinging on our craft area at this time of year.
Jean's Knitting Jean 2009
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Enemy gunfire unusual violence, S. impinging fleets were not rush general Gui fleets.
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We live in a time of financial insecurity that is impinging on the lives of our children because we did not think about tomorrow.
Nick Joy: Why Genetically Modified Salmon Affects My Rights as a Citizen Nick Joy 2010
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"The street is the universal home of freedom and nobody should challenge that so long as these woman are not impinging on anyone else's freedom," he said.
Red Room: Sherry Jones: It's Not Islam, It's Hegemony Red Room 2011
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From my impartial position, I understand why Christians are offended by Dawkins, but I don't see anything he does as impinging academic freedom or being uncivil.
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It was as though, somewhere, a piano were playing and the actual notes were impinging on his ear-drums.
A DAY'S LODGING 2010
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With outstanding bounce or impinging capability are deep favored by Netureism warriors.
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