make demands on

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That leaves Mr. Scholz facing the delicate act of balancing the export-oriented needs of his domestic economy with pressure from allies to leverage his country’s position to make demands on the Chinese.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2024

Then there's what happens when millions of electric cars make demands on the electricity grid.

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2021

But STL isn’t a set of demands made by artists — it’s a group of theaters, in one community, coming together to make demands on themselves.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2020

He needs to make demands on the public to take this seriously.

From Washington Times • Mar. 9, 2020

That Grim did at once, before witnesses who were called in, none wondering that he chose thus to secure his property while he was away, because Hodulf might make demands on it.

From Havelok the Dane A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)