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[im-pohz] / ɪmˈpoʊz /


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Such rules would impact platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket, both of which have already started to impose their own rules on users and trades in order to avoid potentially illegal activity.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The measure would impose a new half-cent sales tax countywide, with the proceeds going toward local hospitals and clinics hit by federal funding cuts.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Most of those tariffs have since disappeared, but the recent proposal to impose 25 percent tariffs on some Brazilian products for alleged unfair trade practices has once again rankled Brasilia.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

The remedy we’re talking about that the court could impose is one that Blanche is saying shouldn’t exist.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

The authorities attempted to impose a complete blackout; they did not want us to learn anything that might raise our morale or reassure us that people on the outside were still thinking about us.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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