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
"That decision to contract has been forced upon theatres because it's so expensive, and increasingly so, to make work," he told BBC News.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 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
She clearly wants to try to determine her own identity in an agentic manner versus accepting one that’s forced upon her by a patriarchal society.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
