foist

Example Sentences

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“The city pressed private property into public service, foisting the cost of its coronavirus response onto housing providers.”

From Los Angeles Times

Long delays will mean shippers will be trying to foist mushy brown bananas on consumers who might reject them.

From Salon

Happiness with your choice is most evident when you’re not trying to foist it onto someone else or make the choices of others into a weird crusade.

From Los Angeles Times

Some Facebook users don’t like the chatbot, complaining in online forums that they’re tired of having AI foisted on them all the time or that they just want to stick with what they know.

From Seattle Times

It was being foisted on him, and that he resented.

From Literature