forced upon

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However, completely gutting the backline - even with some of the changes forced upon him - would be his most radical call yet.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

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

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

“That conversation had to be forced upon them,” the lawyer said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2024

Each nation believed that it was fighting a defensive war forced upon it by someone else.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman