impose (on or upon)

as in to use
to take unfair advantage of thanks for offering your own bed, but I wouldn't dream of imposing on you and will be perfectly happy on the couch

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Verb
  • The mobile booking facility — something typically used during civil unrest, according to Thiel — will not entirely free up officers, but should make arrests and citations faster, Thiel and Johnson said.
    David Clarey, jsonline.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • When a post violates those guidelines, Moonshot will file formal reports and use the team to lean on companies to expedite the removal or censorship of that post.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2025
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  • Phishing, malware and misinformation relentlessly exploit weak points in online systems.
    Akram Atallah, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • During the leak, former and current customers' information was exploited, including names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and more personal details.
    Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Her story was part of Key Biscayne’s Dark Secret, a Herald investigation published last year that revealed her story and those of two other girls who also said they were abused.
    Ana Claudia Chacin, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2025
  • He has never been accused of wrongdoing by any of the women who say Epstein abused them.
    Jenna Sundel Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
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  • For those who say Fantastic Beasts could be leveraged to provide 10 seasons over 10 years, WBD brass said specifically during the announcement that FB will not be a part of the series.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Instead of fighting hot wars, the United States and its partners should leverage the great strength of the maritime world against the great weakness of the continentalists: their different capacities to generate wealth.
    S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This included reporting that the company manipulated vote counts, is owned by a company founded in Venezuela to rig elections for Hugo Chavez, is paid kickbacks to government officials who used its machines in swing states and was involved in voting irregularities in Texas in 2018.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Gerrymandering is when politicians manipulate district lines, dividing or grouping populations, to get an advantage.
    Larry Kaplow, NPR, 18 Aug. 2025
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“Impose (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impose%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.

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