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[en-fawrs, -fohrs] / ɛnˈfɔrs, -ˈfoʊrs /


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Chinese authorities have slowly taken steps to shut down sellers and enforce export controls on the substances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

In addition to California, the company partners with 11 other states to report methane super emitters, but Duren said California is the only state with a program that sends out notices to enforce its regulations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The commitments run for five years, and the court will have the power to enforce them.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Nvidia said the platform included a watchdog that can quarantine agents that attempt to move outside their boundaries in milliseconds, as well as software to enforce what agents can see, do, and interact with.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

“I don’t make the rules, ma’am, I just enforce ’em.”

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

Boland said Ofcom, which enforces the OSA, should be encouraged use it to "crack down on irresponsible online platforms that leave consumers wide open to fraud".

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

The Coastal Act and the agency that enforces it have fielded some fair criticism over the years from developers, homeowners and others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

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

Thus, whereas the United States enforces peace in Haiti and definitely undertakes to maintain internal tranquillity in Cuba, she has on the other hand withdrawn from interposition in Mexico.

From South America and the War by F. A. (Frederick Alexander) Kirkpatrick

U.S. law bars foreign armed forces from recruiting on American soil, but the statute is rarely enforced.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The law can be "enforced against any provider, starting from the testing phase, if they experience a loss of control that affects the EU's internal market," including cyberattacks and biological or chemical misuse, Regnier said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

It is hoping that an agreed way forward can somehow be found through talks and it continues to assess whether the determination can be enforced.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Mike is a week away from enforced retirement — it’s 57, I looked it up — and not ready to go.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

When the war started in 1861, a curfew was established around the capital and strictly enforced.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

Trax acknowledged "periods of elevated temperature" but said cooling systems were in place and insisted its approach "is not based on enforcing output targets".

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Horvath cited recent Los Angeles Times reporting on the challenges victims face when obtaining and enforcing restraining orders as an inspiration for the Board of Supervisors motion, which was co-authored by board chair Hilda Solis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Oman’s government saw Burke’s visit as a sign the U.S. was serious about enforcing its sanctions and that refusing to cooperate could hurt their economy, Middle Eastern officials familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Consider the fact that an HOA is responsible for enforcing landscaping requirements, such as making sure homeowners have trimmed their grass.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

The total ban on life-without-parole sentences for children convicted of non-homicides should have been the easiest decision to implement, but enforcing the Supreme Court's ruling was proving much more difficult than I had hoped.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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