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

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

“Workers should never be subjected to vulgar language or behavior by anyone—including the President of the United States,” the union said in the statement posted on X.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Government sources said while they had the deepest respect for the families, they had gone as far as they could without compromising national security and that the security services would be subjected to unprecedented scrutiny.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

If there now is to be any hope for conducting the match, Fischer must be subjected to just penalty.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady