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A sense of discomfort in the roles their inheritance and their culture impose upon them is shared by all the major characters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

A censure resolution is the highest form of reprimand House members can impose upon a lawmaker before considering an expulsion measure.

From Washington Times • Nov. 17, 2021

Simply put, companies are not concerned with the costs their satellites impose upon space as a common resource.

From Slate • May 19, 2021

This year, the chatter will be about what penalty the league may impose upon Mr. Kraft for “conduct detrimental to the league” — code for making the owners look bad.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2019

God could have made the universe in many different ways; he has arbitrarily chosen to make it as it is, and the order it displays is an order he has chosen to impose upon it.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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