forced upon
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Three years before Mauritius’s independence in 1968, the U.K. split off the archipelago to create a new entity called the British Indian Overseas Territory, in a deal that Mauritians now claim was forced upon them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
“It’s something that’s been forced upon us to think about. But people use it to great effect.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025
But to date, there have been no public reports that such an admittedly difficult situation has been forced upon health care providers.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2025
The two organisations - which between them represent private businesses and 12,000 doctors - are angry about the NHI in its current form, feeling it has been forced upon them.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2024
It's more that I finally feel, for the first time in more than two years, liberated from some of the guilt I've forced upon myself.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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