imposed upon
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This is not a law imposed upon the U.S. by someone else.
From Slate • Jan. 12, 2026
“Even with the clear financial set-backs imposed upon Americans by COVID-19,” a bank spokesperson said, “we’re seeing money conversations increasing among couples and the stigma around discussing finances diminishing.”
From Salon • Mar. 11, 2025
“That is not taking into account everyone this policy is going to be imposed upon, including religious minorities, the nonreligious, Christians who have a different belief system,” Laser said.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024
Her fate has been practically Victorian: a nearly decades-long public judgment of her allegedly declining mental state, followed by quasi-imprisonment via the conservatorship imposed upon her in 2008.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023
Not a word about the silence he had imposed upon Danny and me.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
