forced upon
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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
“It’s something that’s been forced upon us to think about. But people use it to great effect.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025
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
"That decision to contract has been forced upon theatres because it's so expensive, and increasingly so, to make work," he told BBC News.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2025
It's more that I finally feel, for the first time in more than two years, liberated from some of the guilt I've forced upon myself.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
