enforce
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The disaster prompted major international efforts to improve workplace standards, including an agreement between global clothing brands and trade unions to inspect factories and enforce safety measures.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
"Whether or not this merger proceeds, we will fully enforce delivery workers' rights," it added.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Adding to the dark mood are police helicopters hovering, with searchlights blazing, to enforce a late-night curfew in the Les Halles and République sections of Paris.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
If aluminum prices fall further and the market moves into a sustained surplus, Beijing could enforce the cap even more strictly, potentially limiting the industry’s ability to expand output in the future, Commerzbank’s Lambrecht said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
How many schools enforce a respect-for-all policy, and enforce it fairly?
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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"China enforces some of the world's strictest firearm control laws and regulations," it wrote, adding that China is "widely recognised as one of the safest countries globally".
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
“My Office enforces the law without fear or favor,” Santa Clara Dist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Boland said Ofcom, which enforces the OSA, should be encouraged use it to "crack down on irresponsible online platforms that leave consumers wide open to fraud".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
The Coastal Act and the agency that enforces it have fielded some fair criticism over the years from developers, homeowners and others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Enforce′ment, act of enforcing: compulsion: a giving effect to: that which enforces.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
The homeowner, Lawn said, relandscaped specifically to comply with Zone Zero guidelines that are enforced locally by the Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District and approximate the state’s framework.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
He also questioned how the new measures will be enforced.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
One ambitious report published by the think tank floated the radical idea of curbing the credit-card swipe fees enforced at grocery stores.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
“Lincoln Nation conducted major combat operations, enforced naval blockade and demonstrated the presence and power of the carrier strike group and multiple numbered fleets, all while keeping up unprecedented operational tempo.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Beijing’s distaste for North Korean defectors, as enforced by police and border soldiers, is well understood by farmers, factory foremen, and other bosses in China’s northeast provinces.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor also pushed back against the idea that enforcing antidiscrimination laws against recipients of state funds is itself discrimination.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
Reddit has highlighted a number of issues in its written submission to the court, pointing to problems enforcing the ban and a lack of scientific evidence about the harms of social media.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
But responsibility for enforcing those limits is increasingly falling to organizations, institutions and individuals outside of the legislative branch.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026
That leaves the job of enforcing institutional rules to the markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
“The Amity will have trouble enforcing that policy,” says Marcus.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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