make demands on
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That leaves Mr. Scholz facing the delicate act of balancing the export-oriented needs of his domestic economy with pressure from allies to leverage his country’s position to make demands on the Chinese.
From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2024
Then there's what happens when millions of electric cars make demands on the electricity grid.
From BBC • Jul. 27, 2021
But STL isn’t a set of demands made by artists — it’s a group of theaters, in one community, coming together to make demands on themselves.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2020
He needs to make demands on the public to take this seriously.
From Washington Times • Mar. 9, 2020
And it is a question whether a casual acquaintance ‘has any right thus to make demands on a man’s energy, money, time, brown paper, string, and other capital and commodities.’
From The Bibliotaph and Other People by Vincent, Leon H. (Leon Henry)
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