foist

Example Sentences

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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

Happiness with your choice is most evident when you’re not trying to foist it onto someone else or make the choices of others into a weird crusade.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024

“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