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After years of limited oversight by Beijing, officials have been enforcing regulations to ensure that the technology industry competes fairly and contributes more to society.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2021

Police have been enforcing quarantine restrictions across the Philippines, which has had one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in Southeast Asia.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 6, 2021

Federal courts have been enforcing such standards for years as part of their responsibilities under the Voting Rights Act and the Constitution’s equal protection clause.

From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2021

She said Title IX has been around for more than 40 years, and schools have been enforcing their own student codes of conduct for centuries.

From Washington Times • Oct. 13, 2015

Up to the era of James I., the eloquence of either House could not, for political reasons, be very striking, on the very principle which we have been enforcing.

From The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg by Hogg, James