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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enjoined
Verb
  • Meanwhile, the main opposition party, CPN (Maoist Center), also demanded Oli’s resignation.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
  • However, a woman also dressed in Phillies gear, whose identity has not been verified by Newsweek, ran up to the father and son and demanded the baseball, which Drew reluctantly told Lincoln to give up to de-escalate the situation.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Other than making sure police are contacted, workers are instructed to take safety precautions and make sure that families understand the risk involved with the highly potent illicit drug.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Bondi also instructed the board to reinstate the previous criteria that Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued in a 2018 case referred to as Matter of A-B-, per WSJ.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 5 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
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  • Typically, a peer-review process is required where multiple experts in the field provide feedback on the analysis before a publication is possible.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • O’Connell updated a city ordinance that required immigration enforcement to be reported to his office, and endorsed The Belonging Fund, which provided aid to families affected by the raids.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 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
  • Lara Raj, Megan, Manon, Sophia, Daniela and Yoonchae of KATSEYE commanded the red carpet in coordinated looks that let each members' personality shine through.
    Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Eilish commanded the tally for 55 frames in a row, blocking multiple competitors from collecting new champions.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 7 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 12 Sep. 2025.

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