impinges

verb

present tense third-person singular of impinge
as in collides
to come into usually forceful contact with something hail was noisily impinging upon the car's exterior

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Recent Examples of impinges In Paris, people take trains, run into each other, walk along parks, ride buses, enter or leave buildings, sit in cafés, buy things, and lead thoroughly uneventful lives, but nothing external impinges on them. — André Aciman, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026 One is nothing more than a money laundering scheme, and the other impinges upon an open, fair and free market. — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026 The Tua Tagovailoa/Mike McDaniel era ultimately failed, now Dolfans are being begged for yet more patience as the onerous burden of Tagovailoa’s contract impinges on the rebuild. — Greg Cote april 6, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026 Markets have not fallen further because the outlook for earnings growth remains bullish, Turnquist said — though that could change the longer the conflict drags on and further impinges on consumer spending and business investment. — Rob Wile, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026 Then again, that slightly generic quality never impinges on the film’s characterizations, and allows viewers to extrapolate the finer points of this story to the plights of so many other refugees, from Syria and elsewhere. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2026 Blakeney, who left Universal last spring, specializes in equipping theme parks with all of the unsexy infrastructure required to function—toilets, cellphone towers—as well as ensuring that none of it impinges on the illusion. — Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impinges
  1. collides
  2. bumps
  3. slams
  4. smashes
  5. bangs
Verb
  • The film’s back half brings the two together, as Brian’s search for the truth collides with what Neil has known all along.
    — Joshua Encinias, IndieWire, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Every present thought, every present feeling, collides with a league of their familial ghosts.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of collides
Verb
  • Did join Kylian Mbappe and Ferenc Puskas as one of only three players to score a European Cup knockout-phase brace against Barcelona at Camp Nou, which bumps him up the list a bit.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 26 May 2026
  • The department bumps the call to a higher-priority response (Priority 1) due to the potential for violence.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2026
Definition of bumps
Verb
  • Or father, for that matter, especially after Sebastiano repeatedly slams his son’s head against a sink.
    — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
  • This is happening as a demographic shift to an older, grayer population slams Colorado.
    — Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 5 July 2026
Definition of slams
Verb
  • For now, Paramount isn’t producing the billion-dollar box office smashes that drive millions of butts into theater seats (not to mention robust sales of novelty popcorn buckets).
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The oncoming vehicle then smashes into his SUV, the footage shows.
    — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of smashes
Verb
  • Especially the guy who bangs a wrecking ball against the historic East Wing to make room for an incongruous ballroom monstrosity, who mars the sacred Oval Office with gold glitter and paves over the lovely Rose Garden.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • When selecting the perfect of-the-moment style for you (Jane Birkin bangs?
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 8 June 2026
Definition of bangs

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“Impinges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impinges. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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