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Human Rights Council, told reporters that while many countries have been imposing sanctions on individuals, military entities, financial institutions and energy companies, what is needed is “coordinated action.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2022

Countries have been imposing barriers to travel and stricter restrictions on businesses and people.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2021

League officials have been imposing stiffer punishments for hits to the head or neck area this season.

From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2011

They may not have been imposing maestros, but they knew a thing or two about Verdi.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2010

The reception, judging from the article in the journal above quoted, must have been imposing.

From The Mayas, the Sources of Their History Dr. Le Plongeon in Yucatan, His Account of Discoveries by Salisbury, Stephen