enforce
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If enacted, the Transportation Department would be required to issue a rule requiring AM radio within one year, and the authority to enforce the provision would expire after eight years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Some Western growers believe Chinese growers have been mixing illicitly obtained protected varieties with other blueberry plants, making it harder to enforce intellectual-property claims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
“We enforce traffic laws throughout the city,” Oldoerp said, adding that the department is “very aggressive with street racing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
He also addressed the accusations of antisemitism, writing that "one of the most effective ways to enforce silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism".
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
At Rob’s suggestion, we’d decided to enforce a two o’clock turn-around time: anybody who wasn’t within spitting distance of the summit by two p.m. had to turn around and go down.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
“The United States enforces the federal antitrust laws and has a strong interest in their correct application,” the Justice Department said in a Tuesday filing, describing its unique position to bring antitrust actions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Boland said Ofcom, which enforces the OSA, should be encouraged use it to "crack down on irresponsible online platforms that leave consumers wide open to fraud".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
For more than a decade, aircraft entering Yemeni airspace have needed prior clearance from the Saudi-led coalition that backs the government and says it enforces the restriction at its request.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Paxton cannot claim ignorance of the law because he enforces it, said Joshua Blank, research director of the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
"Before you commit yourself on that point, just tell me who or what enforces obedience with a triangular knife?—Let her alone!"
From "Persons Unknown" by Virginia Tracy
Top U.S. officials doubt whether any agreement could be credibly enforced or verified.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
How will city centre balaclava ban be enforced?
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The local suppression of abolitionist mail persisted throughout the antebellum era during the administrations of Jackson’s eight successors, none of whom enforced the federal statute prohibiting detention of the mail.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
The administration is now seeking public comment, and it could take months or years before the new rules are finalized and formally enforced.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Now that the Soviet Army was on the offensive, the terrifying Orders 270 and 227 didn’t have to be enforced to the letter.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
In each of those cases, what we have witnessed is the court enforcing federal statutes.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026
The European Commission said national data protection authorities were "responsible for monitoring and enforcing" privacy rules.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
Navy ships are enforcing a blockade that has shut down its oil exports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
As well as enforcing the minimum wage, the agency also will soon tackle practices of denying workers holiday and sick pay.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026