forced upon
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However, completely gutting the backline - even with some of the changes forced upon him - would be his most radical call yet.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 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
“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
Lippmann’s short position may have been forced upon him, but by the end of 2005 he’d made it his own, and grown it to a billion dollars.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
