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According to a survey of 6,283 teachers carried out by Teacher Tapp last month, 1% of them in the East of England said their own school had enforced silent corridor rules.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2025

Mauritius had enforced a curfew until noon Tuesday, with everyone ordered to remain at home except emergency workers, some hospital workers and security forces.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2024

A second provision prohibited the state from hiring former federal employees who had enforced such laws or given “material aid and support” to efforts to enforce them.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2023

Before its March closure, the park had enforced COVID-19 measures required by the authorities, such as face masks and regular disinfection.

From Reuters • Jun. 30, 2022

Party stringency had enforced it, but this was loosened, and all that was now wanting was a head to rally them into a new and formidable party.

From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by Sparks, William Henry