imposing
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Mr. Stevens told me a Super Conference could fix this by imposing salary caps on players, a much-needed change after $10 million deals like the one for Michigan quarterback Bryce Underwood.
With Pirelli imposing a 25-lap safety limit on the tyres, that meant anyone who pitted at that time was locked into a rigid strategy with a second stop on lap 32.
From BBC
His new boss is the imposing Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, despotically played by Josh Brolin.
The panel, bringing together council and police experts, was responsible for imposing restrictions on away fans for the game on 6 November.
From BBC
The show opens with a Warhol self-portrait from 1986—an imposing nearly 7-foot-tall image of the artist in teal, his spiked hair making him seem like another New York icon, Lady Liberty.
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