enjoined

past tense of enjoin
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Recent Examples of enjoined Under the law permanently enjoined by the court, even sharing a website would be a crime, an obvious violation of the First Amendment. Angele Latham, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
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Verb
  • Shortly after, miners realized that GPUs were more adept at handling the parallel computations demanded by Bitcoin's algorithm.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • And the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Fraternal Order of Police criticized her for having 24-hour protection and demanded better benefits for police.
    Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While Fonseca frames the uprising as a type of emergent phenomenon in his post and a YouTube video, examination of the source code by AI researcher Simon Willison shows that Fonseca specifically instructed the villagers to behave this way and even escalate the unrest over time.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Allen instructed responding deputies to meet at a rally point before responding to the shooting call, Tony said.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This dynamic may be leading more people to try purported psilocybin products that are untested and prohibited but nonetheless sold at some retail stores, says legal researcher Mason Marks, a law professor at Florida State University who focused on psychedelics.
    Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Photography and video recording are prohibited; also, no pets, weapons, smoking, laser pointers, flashlights, food or beverages.
    Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But until now, such light sources required large, power-hungry tabletop systems.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Releasing the letters, which previously required filing requests under the federal Freedom of Information Act, promotes a level of transparency akin to the advisory meetings’, Tidmarsh said.
    Arthur Allen, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The president has ordered flags lowered to half-staff until Sunday night to honor Kirk.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The flag has been ordered to half-staff following major tragedies, such as the September 11 Attacks and the 2012 Newtown school shooting.
    James Powel, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Legal challenges began when, in 2007, the state medical board forbade doctors from any involvement beyond observing executions, which were only carried out by lethal injection after a move by state lawmakers to eliminate another method, lethal gas, in 1998.
    Avi Bajpai, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The court forbade companies from classifying workers as independent contractors except in narrow circumstances.
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Marshburn commanded the International Space Station on Expedition 67, working with a small team in extreme conditions for months at a time.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Amid the solemn environment, as the season slips away, one voice rose above the crowd and commanded a players-only meeting.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The canyon between Laura and the couple remains vast after Laura told Cherry in Episode 3 that Daniel died after his rock-climbing accident just to get Cherry out of their lives.
    Erin Jensen, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • However, a law enforcement source later told The New York Times that the findings, from a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms report, had not been verified by the agency’s analysts and could have been misinterpreted.
    Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Enjoined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enjoined. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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