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Eventually, however, he writes that he realized the writers just needed a way to foist him off the show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Instead, lenders and credit firms can foist the costs onto taxpayers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026

Second, Marc Rowan, VCs like Peter Thiel, and hedge fund managers like Bill Ackman and Leon Cooperman have been sharply critical of these schools as they work to foist changes in leadership and curriculum.

From Barron's ● Dec. 5, 2025

“I don’t want to lose a potential treatment for ALS, but I also don’t want to foist on the public an expensive treatment that doesn’t work,” said Dr. Terry Heiman-Patterson of Temple University.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2023

The waiter tried to foist Toucinho do Ceu and Mousse de Chocolate on them, but Dimple declined for the both of them.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

Perhaps the Fed’s greatest political liability is its loquacity—the policy statements, economic projections, speeches, press conferences, meeting minutes and the rest that the central bank foists on the public.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

But since she’s saddled with the boy, Flora foists a junked guitar on him as a birthday present.

From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

Lyle Lanley, voiced by Phil Hartman, is the perfect con-man for Springfield, as he foists on them the disastrous and unnecessary monorail, playing on their desire for oneupmanship over neighbouring Shelbyville.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 28, 2019

Yes, she foists food at her loved ones in moments of crisis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2017

Rather, it foists itself on the eye of the passerby in a manner that is both irritating and melancholy.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

Many people told me they feel Flock’s technology has been foisted on them without their consent, in a way that mirrors anxiety over data centers and AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

This is a title they have foisted upon themselves.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2025

"A lot of the time we're just scared of these apparitions that we've created and these narratives that we've foisted upon other people."

From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2024

Some Facebook users don’t like the chatbot, complaining in online forums that they’re tired of having AI foisted on them all the time or that they just want to stick with what they know.

From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2024

It is a term that should never have been foisted on me.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

We are in a time of tech giants foisting updates on a public that hasn’t asked for them.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2025

People accused her of foisting the restaurant’s labor costs onto diners — a complaint she found almost comical.

From New York Times ● May 15, 2023

Prior to foisting this mental damage onto a fictional character, Brodesser-Akner's experience delivering her first son was similar to that of her character's.

From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2023

Is it realistic to expect him to be the savior of the Mariners, a duty that many seem to be foisting on him?

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2022

After a breakfast of fatback and grits with lots of butter—Cook foisting a second helping onto Ophie despite her protests—Ophie was sent to take Mrs. Caruthers her morning tray.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland