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verb as in put a rule, plan in force

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accomplish, administer, apply, carry out, implement, impose, invoke, prosecute, reinforce, require, sanction

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administrate, coerce, commandeer, compel, constrain, demand, dictate, discharge, dragoon, drive, effect, emphasize, exact, execute, exert, expect, extort, fortify, fulfill, goad, hound, impel, incite, lash, make, necessitate, oblige, perform, press, spur, strain, stress, strong-arm, support, urge, whip, wrest

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Orlov now lives in Germany in enforced exile after he was released in a prisoner swap in August.

The Welsh government said its permission included land drainage works to be submitted to the council, and it was the authority's job to enforce planning conditions.

Although Musk has declared himself a “free speech absolutist,” the company’s approach to enforcing the platform’s rules is to restrict the reach of potentially offensive posts rather than pull them down.

“This is not a simple problem of enforcing our rules. We need to take stock and do everything in our power to restore our campuses to safe and sane places.”

Content creators are accustomed to such uncertainty, she added, because government directives tend to be vague and unevenly enforced.