forced upon

Example Sentences

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The big PBMs are now trying to pre-empt change before it is forced upon them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

“It’s something that’s been forced upon us to think about. But people use it to great effect.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025

Problematically, the only cruises I had been on in real life were those forced upon me in my youth — the Disney and Carnival variety.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2025

But to date, there have been no public reports that such an admittedly difficult situation has been forced upon health care providers.

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2025

Again, racial equality was being forced upon the South by the federal government, and by 1956, Southern white opposition to desegregation mushroomed into a vicious backlash.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander