enforce
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RANCHI, India—When the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand advertised in 2023 for 583 new officials to enforce alcohol regulations, more than 500,000 people applied.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Macron had in July thanked members of parliament for backing the legislation and pledged to enforce it by September.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
On Thursday, Jurado called on the mayor’s office to enforce the deadline, which officials say is 5 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Acting Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Kyle Diamantas said the notifications for new substances are mandatory, but it was unclear how the government will enforce the requirement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The federal government no longer made any effort to enforce federal civil rights legislation, and funding for the Freedmen’s Bureau was slashed to such a degree that the agency became virtually defunct.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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For more than a decade, aircraft entering Yemeni airspace have needed prior clearance from the Saudi-led coalition that backs the government and says it enforces the restriction at its request.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Paxton cannot claim ignorance of the law because he enforces it, said Joshua Blank, research director of the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
U.S. law generally enforces a quiet period for 40 days after the IPO during which time the company and any of the underwriters are prohibited from any communications on the stock.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
The nonprofit American Bureau of Shipping is a classification society that sets and enforces technical safety standards for ships and offshore structures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
There is a reporter who arranges and publishes the opinions, a clerk who keeps the records, and a marshal who attends the court, preserves decorum, and enforces its orders.
From Government in the United States National, State and Local by James Wilford Garner
And he enforced antitrust laws because powerful economic actors sometimes fail to restrain themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
However, the legislation does not yet set out in detail how the new sentence would be enforced.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Inevitably, though, order would be enforced, and Piker would once again be painted as the enemy.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
However, it remains unclear when -- or if -- the White House will release the details of the process or how it will be implemented and enforced.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
And only for its duration is their grief slightly abated, the enforced absence of certain foods on their plates conjuring his father’s presence somehow.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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Binface's policies had included nationalising the singer Adele, moving a pub hand dryer in Uxbridge and enforcing a 99p price tag on ice creams with 99 flakes.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
When the City Council initially declined to pass tough anti-corruption laws, voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition H to create an independent watchdog tasked with enforcing a tough new set of regulations governing city officials’ conduct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Nominally, Jeanine Pirro is the U.S. attorney for D.C., appointed by Donald Trump and tasked with enforcing the law in the nation’s capital.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
The attorneys general should drop this case and get back to enforcing the laws as they are written.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
At night, Erwin pedaled his bicycle through the mill village enforcing a 10 P.M. “lights-out” rule.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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