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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Not work-life-balance-wise, but that’s sort of one of the ways that imposes itself.
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The charging-time penalty the new method imposes could be less than three seconds per session—a pretty tolerable penalty for a potential gain of two or three extra years of useful battery life.
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The media usually get Black femicide wrong Another problem surrounding intimate partner homicide inflicts its harms after death.
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Instead of providing convenience, services and consumption, the regime only inflicts repression, intrusion and censorship.
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For now, survey research with elderly nuns, including those in Nakawoojwa's care, is ongoing, funded by an Irish donor who wishes to remain anonymous.
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But given the current box office sensations of Obsession and Backrooms, Tiddes certainly wishes the timing had allowed for spoofs of those horror movies.
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“Foists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foists. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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