be subjected to

Example Sentences

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With this decision, the leaders and anyone associated with them can quickly be subjected to sanctions by the US Treasury Department.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul revealed new details about her proposal to tax New York City’s second homes, including that she expects fewer homes would be subjected to this pied-à-terre tax than her previous estimate.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Again, not a word about the coercive therapeutic context in which vulnerable minors will be subjected to those “ideas” and pressed to implement them.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

There are calls for MI5 to be subjected to increased scrutiny and be held more accountable under the law.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

The idea that the Earth might be subjected to devastating impacts from time to time was not quite as new as it is now sometimes presented.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson