impose
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Area Chamber of Commerce said it opposes the measure, citing concern over the additional requirements it would impose on businesses and the potential impact on port operations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
There have been thousands of arrests, and Italy and France have promised to impose a "you break it, you pay for it" policy for rioters.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
The city does not impose a local sales or income tax, and Michigan does not tax Social Security income.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
For criminals aged 18-20, judges will be able to impose similar restrictions but for shorter periods of time, the MoJ said.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
“Arthur is fighting the present war,” he said, “to impose his ideas on King Lot.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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Marsh will recommend that clients seek cover elsewhere if an insurer imposes AI exclusions, the letter said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
What slows, how it slows and who imposes the limit will determine who ultimately pays.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
That system allows the government to set prices for dairy products and imposes import controls and quotas on domestic producers to keep supplies in check.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that imposes a 15% tariff on imported products made from polysilicon, a crucial material used in semiconductors and solar panels.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
I told the Court that the United States is the only country in the world that imposes life imprisonment without parole sentences on children.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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The “mansion tax,” or Measure ULA, took effect in 2023 and imposed an additional 4% transfer tax on all L.A. property sales above $5.4 million and a 5.5% tax on sales above $10.9 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
A night-time curfew will be imposed in the Republique and Chatelet-Les Halles neighbourhoods of Paris from 11:00 pm to 6:00 am on Saturday and Sunday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026
A night curfew will be imposed in the Republique and Chatelet-Les Halles neighborhoods of Paris from 11:00 pm to 6:00 am on Saturday and Sunday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
The US imposed further sanctions on Gasabo gold refinery and three mining companies accused of smuggling conflict minerals in June 2026.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
That imposed a constraint Lawrence had become a master at overcoming.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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But while the novel is imposing from sheer size alone, the shift in medium lends their elaborate, occasionally exhausting storytelling a curious new potency.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026
In September, a US judge declined to order Google to sell off parts of its advertising technology business, imposing restrictions on how it operates instead.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
E-bike and scooter crashes regularly kill riders and pedestrians without lawmakers imposing similar bans, it said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Interior Secretary Harold Ickes ended the skirmish by imposing a truce and persuading Congress to designate the dam as a federal project.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
The point was that the dolls and blocks needed me to give them life, and I dutifully gave it to them, imposing one personal crisis after another.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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