enforce
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Others, however, warn that the fluid nature of filmmaking makes rigid eight-hour shifts "unreal" to enforce on mega-budget sets.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
He has talked about moving them to federal lands and vowed to ensure that police enforce all the city’s laws.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
He might say: What power do you have to enforce this decision against me?
From Slate • Jun. 1, 2026
"In more than two-thirds of our decisions about hate speech, we found that platforms failed to enforce their own policies and left up hateful content," chief executive Thomas Hughes said.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
The federal government no longer made any effort to enforce federal civil rights legislation, and funding for the Freedmen’s Bureau was slashed to such a degree that the agency became virtually defunct.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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