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"was foisted upon" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to convey the idea of something being imposed or forced onto someone or something, often with a negative connotation. Example: The new company policy was foisted upon us without any consideration for our input or concerns.
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Heffer was foisted upon him as deputy.
The task of nation-building was foisted upon the military, which pitched in to aid our diplomats.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, who has been accused by political foes of yielding to Beijing's encroaching influence since entering office in 2017, dismissed suggestions that the plan was foisted upon her and urged citizens to consider its upsides.
I think it's better than Steve's proposal of, you know, "Let's just get on with it". Again, I get back to the enormity of this decision and it was foisted upon people through lies.
The owners should know Limbaugh, who was foisted upon them by ESPN six years ago and said Donovan McNabb of the Eagles was praised as a quarterback mostly because he is African-American.
Artist Anish Kapoor has revealed that a project in which the world's longest slide will be built around his Olympic Park sculpture was "foisted" upon him by Boris Johnson, mayor of London, to make the artwork more profitable.
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Not surprisingly, it's being foisted upon us by youth.
Partly, no doubt, because they don't like things being foisted upon them.
A more rigorous system of assessing the riskiness of loans is being foisted upon them.
It's easy for people to resent languages that are foisted upon them.
There are challenges we choose in life, and there are those that are foisted upon us.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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