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Recent Examples of reimpose
Alongside Russia and China, Iran issued a joint letter denouncing European efforts to reimpose United Nations snapback sanctions.
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Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
In late 2023, the Biden administration drastically scaled back sanctions, only to reimpose them a year later after Venezuela backtracked on its obligations.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Europe moves to reimpose Iran sanctions Germany, France, and the UK moved to reimpose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.
—semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Any effort to reimpose sanctions on Iran could face a veto from China or Russia.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 28 Aug. 2025
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Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
In late 2023, the Biden administration drastically scaled back sanctions, only to reimpose them a year later after Venezuela backtracked on its obligations.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Europe moves to reimpose Iran sanctions Germany, France, and the UK moved to reimpose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.
—semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Any effort to reimpose sanctions on Iran could face a veto from China or Russia.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reimpose
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Districts must reapply for Impact Aid every year, which is allocated based on a complex formula with factors such as percentage of federal property and student headcount.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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The focus comes after the Capital Times reported on 200 cases of such incidents since 2018, including instances of teachers who were able to later reapply for a license.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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The immune pathway relays messages when inflammation rises or falls.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Time,
4 Nov. 2025
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The resounding message relayed by students, working adults, seniors and people with disabilities who showed up was that these routes are essential to their daily lives.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Most of the victims had execution-style wounds, some of which were inflicted with two quick shots at very close range, leaving traces of gunpowder on the bodies.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Yet a return to war by the Israeli military would extend the unimaginable suffering inflicted on the people of Gaza, and the condemnation of the international community.—
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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Necessity compelled us to use it.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
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For that reason, too, the Grammy winner was compelled to furnish it primarily in one brand, RH, so that every bit of white oak would be the same.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
Architectural Digest,
7 Nov. 2025
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His rule finally came to an end in 1998 after the Asian financial crisis threw the country into economic turmoil, prompting widespread protests and forcing Suharto to resign – one of the last people power movements to sweep Southeast Asia and replace a Cold War-era autocrat with democracy.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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The last of those darts was fired (initially on X) by Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, who is a resistance darling of the moment after forcing through new, Democrat-friendly congressional maps in his state last week.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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History is littered with examples of the havoc wreaked by politicians’ will to power.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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While people’s claims history, inflation, higher labor and construction costs play into increases nationwide, Coloradans face the additional burden of living in a state where the risk is high of catastrophes wreaking billions of dollars in damage.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
7 Nov. 2025
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The rub is that mandatory gratuities, the 15% to 20% that restaurants often impose on parties of six people or more, aren’t eligible for the deduction, a disappointment to the restaurant and foodservice industry, which held out hope for a different outcome.—
Cheryl Winokur Munk,
CNBC,
8 Nov. 2025
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Scenes start, jarringly, without introduction or fanfare, as though we’ve been vaulted into the action; the plot resists all attempts by the viewer to impose any kind of order.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
8 Nov. 2025
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Further complicating matters, Doe was interviewed by Phong Tran, a then-Oakland detective who has since been charged with perjury for allegedly coercing witnesses into falsely incriminating murder defendants.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
6 Nov. 2025
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The lawsuit accused the company of coercing customers into signing agreements that allowed the company to act as the exclusive real estate listing agent for an undisclosed period of time.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Reimpose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reimpose. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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