forced upon
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Whether it's self-made or forced upon you, the decision about which football team to support is usually taken before you learn to ride a bike or even tie your shoelaces.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
Three years before Mauritius’s independence in 1968, the U.K. split off the archipelago to create a new entity called the British Indian Overseas Territory, in a deal that Mauritians now claim was forced upon them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
And while the city put together a robust response to the crisis, Adams had no desire to take credit for it, even when it was forced upon him by law.
From Slate • Jul. 17, 2025
Problematically, the only cruises I had been on in real life were those forced upon me in my youth — the Disney and Carnival variety.
From Salon • Jul. 4, 2025
Each nation believed that it was fighting a defensive war forced upon it by someone else.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
