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were imposing
verb
To establish or apply by authority.
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Banks were imposing a limit on withdrawals.
And so, they were imposing standards.
Its terrorists were imposing a rule of obscurantist barbarism on about 7m people.
Others critics said that Americans were imposing their ideals on the Japanese.
Campaign officials said they were imposing the restrictions to prevent the actual records from wide dissemination.
We were constantly feeling guilty about hardships we were imposing on each other and our children.
To some, it was a sure sign that authoritarian lefties were imposing their killjoy values on the industry.
When Kennan complained forcefully about the isolation the Russians were imposing on western diplomats, he was unceremoniously thrown out.
The setting was unassuming, but the performers who began their careers there were imposing, even before they found mainstream success.
I'd say sorry before I asked a question, as if I were imposing some awful demand on the conversation.
Israeli officials said they were imposing the travel restrictions as a response to the attack on Sunday.
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