impose
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Two years later, momentum swung again, as the union helped persuade California Gov. Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown Jr. to impose the toughest farm labor regulations in the nation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
The city does not impose a local sales or income tax, and Michigan does not tax Social Security income.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
For criminals aged 18-20, judges will be able to impose similar restrictions but for shorter periods of time, the MoJ said.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Couvy said France lacked enough prosecutors and judges to handle the cases, while overcrowded prisons limited the courts’ ability to impose custodial sentences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Again, I said that they must furnish evidence if they were going to impose any penalties.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Beyond income taxes, the government imposes taxes on wages and self-employment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
In addition, the state imposes a 48.2 cent a gallon excise tax.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
What slows, how it slows and who imposes the limit will determine who ultimately pays.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that imposes a 15% tariff on imported products made from polysilicon, a crucial material used in semiconductors and solar panels.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
I told the Court that the United States is the only country in the world that imposes life imprisonment without parole sentences on children.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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California’s two biggest ports have been raising money to support electric trucking since 2022, when they imposed a $10 clean truck fee on diesel rigs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
During a head-spinning 22 months, the mercurial leader has turned spectacularly on Kyiv, imposed tariffs on allies and threatened to take Greenland.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
It extended the offer just as it imposed a new mandate requiring workers to be in the office five days a week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
The ban had been imposed at a time when the Gabonese President Brice Oligui Nguema was facing a wave of social unrest less than a year after his election.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
I wanted to photograph some of our clients in order to give the life-without-parole sentences imposed on children a human face.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order in August imposing strict guardrails on new data center projects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
But while the novel is imposing from sheer size alone, the shift in medium lends their elaborate, occasionally exhausting storytelling a curious new potency.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026
The new savings account will be introduced in 2029, replacing the existing Lifetime Isa, which has been criticised by some for imposing harsh penalties on those buying homes for more than the £450,000 cap.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Greece's parliament passed a law Friday banning children under 15 from social media, joining a growing number of countries imposing curbs on young people's use of the apps.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
This is a striking case of French imposing itself upon English, and of the scientists determining for the first time the language of the theologians.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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