enforced
Example Sentences
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To be fair, I don’t know how a quiet-phone rule is supposed to be enforced, short of officers patrolling trains all day.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 15, 2026
How will city centre balaclava ban be enforced?
From BBC β Sep. 15, 2026
A small group of men hoards wealth and resources, while the peasant class is heavily taxed, laws brutally enforced.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 11, 2026
The local suppression of abolitionist mail persisted throughout the antebellum era during the administrations of Jackson’s eight successors, none of whom enforced the federal statute prohibiting detention of the mail.
From Slate β Sep. 4, 2026
The PSFs and camp controllers enforced the rule with the same level of severity they did with the kids who—however intentionally or unintentionally—used their abilities.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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