imposing
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Houthis could also start imposing fees on ships to transit, they said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
“I’m not a very calculated career person. I’m running towards bliss and then seeing what happens,” he says, smiling and running his hands through his imposing hair.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
On a pitch offering some help to seamers, the skills of Foakes and Lawes have assured their side a total which, if not imposing, is highly competitive.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
With regard to pharmaceutical products from the U.K., the White House pointed to a recently concluded trade agreement imposing 10% tariffs.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
The Court’s enforcement decree, issued a full year after Brown, seemed conciliatory to segregationists, imposing no deadline for achieving racially mixed schools and calling merely for “good faith implementation.”
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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