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“My background was enforcing the law, not breaking the law,” he testified under cross-examination by a defense attorney for one of the electors.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2024

The counselor responded that she was enforcing district policy.

From Washington Times • Aug. 29, 2023

For a period, it was enforcing those sanctions, but then it began helping North Korea circumvent them as Beijing-Washington relations deteriorated.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2022

A plaintiff would need to sue a state official who was enforcing the law.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2021

This was enforcing the provisions of the marriage treaty en rigueur.

From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling