Thesaurus results for FOIST

foist

verb

ˈfȯist

Definition of foist

as in to impose

to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable shopkeepers who foist shoddy souvenirs on unsuspecting tourists

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Recent Examples of foist Traveling back in time to October of 2022, the Biden administration began to foist export controls on Nvidia. — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 16 June 2026 Mariano Rivera is now synonymous with Metallica’s Enter Sandman, a song that was foisted upon the soft-spoken reliever by the Yankees’ marketing team. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 June 2026 There's absolutely no demand for this, it's just foisted upon us by our cultural overlords. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026 That’s partly come through TikTok trends, which have foisted her funny and personality-filled music into the spotlight. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 20 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for foist

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Russia is believed to be using a fleet of hundreds of ships to evade international sanctions imposed after Moscow sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
The legislation allows for the president to impose tariffs, but limits the scope of those tariffs to the five largest importers of Russian crude oil or gas and the top five countries that aid Russia's energy sanctions evasion.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of impose

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Hicks, 37, was charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, felony assault by strangulation and misdemeanor simple assault, officials said.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026
Within its first 10 minutes, hitmen conduct a massacre at a nine-year-old’s birthday party, which Snyder, who acts as his own cinematographer, depicts as a series of carbon-copy graphic headshots, largely inflicted against small children.

— Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of inflict

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Far-right Communications Minister Shomo Karhi recently said in a radio interview that Israelis abroad who wish to influence the country’s future should immigrate.

— Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
Inter ended its statement by describing how Mazzola wished to be remembered.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

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