enforce
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“While we do not enforce unilateral export controls imposed by other countries, we act firmly against companies and individuals who violate our laws and are engaged in fraudulent and dishonest practices,” the representative said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
The deployments of guided-missile destroyers that accompany them and enforce the blockade also have been extended, taxing both the warships and their crews, according to officials familiar with the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
"Whether or not this merger proceeds, we will fully enforce delivery workers' rights," it added.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Originally scheduled for January 2026, the compliance deadline was proposed to be extended to July 2028; Congress subsequently directed the FDA not to enforce the rule before then.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
That, the researchers said, was not a good way to enforce long-term learning and memory.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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The office of the state's insurance and fire safety commissioner, which enforces amusement park safety rules in Georgia, is also conducting a review.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
“Every day, DHS enforces the laws of the nation across the country including in California,” the spokesperson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
His case highlights how China’s all-powerful state security system enforces opaque laws in unpredictable ways that raise risks for U.S. passport holders, all while Beijing works to court foreign investors, academics and tourists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 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 developmental history of double monsters enforces the same doctrine; such are common among the embryos of fish, and rather less common among chicks.
From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Oscar Hertwig
"A fragile ecosystem like the Himalaya demands stricter planning and building regulations than elsewhere, yet these rules have been weak and poorly enforced."
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
In practice, its ability to impose its will is circumscribed by deference to provincial and indigenous prerogatives, often enforced by courts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 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
Playing in the street was discouraged and often forbidden and if you did manage to slip out, “Get your butt in this house before dark,” she would warn, a rule she enforced to the bone.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
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The Education Department has also increased pressure on institutions to provide better economic value, enforcing rules that strip federal student-loan eligibility from certificate and career training programs whose graduates fail to meet minimum earnings benchmarks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Norway's main media organisations said Tuesday they had taken legal action to block Meta from enforcing new user terms which they claim threaten their rights to their journalistic content.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 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
The government says bus drivers will not be responsible for enforcing the new rules.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
At night, Erwin pedaled his bicycle through the mill village enforcing a 10 P.M. “lights-out” rule.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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