impose

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Amazon.com announced Thursday it will impose a temporary 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge on third-party sellers as the company grapples with elevated fuel costs during the Iran war.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Laws that impose training requirements are thus constitutional in part because they further the Second Amendment’s purpose.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

It can feel counterintuitive to go out with friends and then impose limits on your spontaneity.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

“Ordinarily, when Congress intends to impose secondary liability, it does so expressly,” Justice Clarence Thomas writes for the Court.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

And only now, after working this same land for ten years, am I coming to understand the length and breadth of outsiders’ failure to impose themselves on Africa.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver