forced upon
Example Sentences
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Three years before Mauritius’s independence in 1968, the U.K. split off the archipelago to create a new entity called the British Indian Overseas Territory, in a deal that Mauritians now claim was forced upon them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
“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
And while the city put together a robust response to the crisis, Adams had no desire to take credit for it, even when it was forced upon him by law.
From Slate • Jul. 17, 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 that had been spontaneous, forced upon us by bad weather and strange circumstances, just some random act of God, the type of thing you can’t get insurance for.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
