enjoin

Example Sentences

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Court of International Trade to enjoin the tariffs so businesses don’t have to pay them while litigation plays out and later seek refunds if higher courts rule them unlawful.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

“Because such discrimination violates the Supremacy Clause, the Court is constrained to enjoin the facial covering prohibition,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026

Hoekstra’s faction filed suit in the state’s Kent County, asking a judge to enjoin Karamo from continuing to act as chair.

From Slate • Feb. 29, 2024

In a statement, the board’s general counsel, Jennifer A. Abruzzo, said, “I am pleased that SpaceX’s blatant forum-shopping efforts in Texas attempting to enjoin the agency’s litigation against it have failed.”

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2024

Some employers go further; instead of relying on the informal “money taboo” to keep workers from discussing and comparing wages, they specifically enjoin workers from doing so.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich