imposing
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The practical effect may be minimal since the litigation probably won’t be fully resolved before the law’s 150-day shot-clock for imposing the tariffs ends on July 24.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
The head of the UN's maritime agency said Monday there was "no legal basis" for imposing any fees for ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
Given the current state of the Premier League, embodied by an imposing Villa side, City's had learned a valuable lesson around the value of physicality.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026
The British government was an imposing force, but its members sat in Parliament over the water, in London.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
It was an even more obvious metaphor for Christians, as it was easy to think of God as a legislator imposing laws on nature and to personify nature as obeying him.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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