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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Executives were also wary of foisting higher prices on consumers, especially after many big corporations were accusing of price gouging lately.
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2024
Editorial: Don’t foist transgender anxiety on these Olympic boxers.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024
The Iraq war was not foisted on the United States by conflict-craving zealots.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
Having resigned as a litigator at Munger, Tolles & Olson, the mother of three has been foisted into the media glare not just for her marital connection, but also her own background and her fashion sense.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 18 July 2024
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2024
Editorial: Don’t foist transgender anxiety on these Olympic boxers.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024
The Iraq war was not foisted on the United States by conflict-craving zealots.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
Having resigned as a litigator at Munger, Tolles & Olson, the mother of three has been foisted into the media glare not just for her marital connection, but also her own background and her fashion sense.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 18 July 2024
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“Foist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foist. Accessed 6 Oct. 2024.
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