as in imposes
to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable
shopkeepers who foist shoddy souvenirs on unsuspecting tourists
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Guns rights advocates — including politically powerful groups such as the National Rifle Association and Gun Owners of America — vowed to fight any proposal that imposes a blanket gun ban targeting a segment of the population.—
Alanna Durkin Richer,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025 -
At that wavelength, optics imposes a hard requirement.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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But Venugopal points out that the lab study couldn’t capture the onslaught of enzymes, teeth gritting, and temperature variation that a real human mouth inflicts.—
Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
25 Aug. 2025
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Corporate crime and wrongdoing—pollution, dangerous products, financial fraud and scams, unsafe workplaces, and more—inflicts far more damage on people than street crime, whether measured by dollars, injuries, or lives.—
Robert Weissman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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As a parent, Cash wishes that the dialogue between state legislators and educators was more open.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 2025
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Nicola ended her emotional message by sending birthday wishes to her brother in heaven.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Foists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foists. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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