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as in to demand
to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority
police enjoined the community's full cooperation in getting rid of the drug dealers
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as in to instruct
to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority
undeterred, the captain enjoined his crew to sail at full speed into the mine-filled harbor
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as in to prohibit
to order not to do or use or to be done or used
Quakerism enjoins the taking of human life
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Recent Examples of enjoin
The company has requested that a judge enjoin Perplexity from accessing Amazon’s systems using AI agents, using existing Amazon accounts or creating new ones for agents and more.
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Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
But unless courts enjoin it, the statutory carry requirement is enforceable nationwide.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Under the law permanently enjoined by the court, even sharing a website would be a crime, an obvious violation of the First Amendment.
—Angele Latham, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
Six days later, on August 12, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s decision to permanently enjoin Arkansas’ similar care ban.
—Samantha Riedel, Them., 15 Aug. 2025
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Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
But unless courts enjoin it, the statutory carry requirement is enforceable nationwide.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Under the law permanently enjoined by the court, even sharing a website would be a crime, an obvious violation of the First Amendment.
—Angele Latham, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
Six days later, on August 12, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s decision to permanently enjoin Arkansas’ similar care ban.
—Samantha Riedel, Them., 15 Aug. 2025
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Her mother had been transferred from the federal building in Minneapolis to a controversial Texas detention facility 1,400 miles away, according to John Hayden, an attorney who within days secured a federal court order demanding her return to Minnesota.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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Former President Bill Clinton is demanding that his House oversight committee testimony about his relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein be in a public hearing.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Feb. 2026
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The Justice Department filed the affidavit to a Georgia federal court for release to the public on the order of a federal judge, who instructed government lawyers to make redactions to shield the names of nongovernmental witnesses.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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But Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn Kuhl, who is overseeing the trial, has instructed them not to search for or view any information related to the case or to change their settings to evaluate claims made during trial.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Chung Hyeon, the 2018 Australian Open semifinalist who saw Achilles and back injuries derail his career, and Kwon Soon-woo, whose ranking has been depressed by military service that prohibits his playing outside South Korea, stunning Argentina.—
James Hansen,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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The new restrictions, which took effect last week, prohibit people from carrying open containers and stop vendors from selling alcohol outdoors.—
Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
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What does the law require of people who wish to become citizens of the United States and gain the right to vote?—
Cal Thomas,
Arkansas Online,
10 Feb. 2026
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Teddi Mellencamp reflected on her cancer journey one year after she was hospitalized and required emergency brain surgery.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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After more than a week at the Dilley center, the preschooler and his Ecuadorian father are back home in Minneapolis after a judge ordered them to be released.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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What sets Luckin apart has been its ability to build a robust pool of private user traffic through its smartphone ordering app, said Mingchao Xiao, founder of Zhimeng Trends Consulting.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
8 Feb. 2026
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Many private schools have gone further, pressuring parents to forbid the apps at all until a certain age and to tightly control use thereafter.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Looking down on the airfield below, I was struck by the forbidding topography.—
Ken Harbaugh,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
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Latvia skeleton coach Ivo Steinbergs told Reuters that a protest has been sent by his federation to the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) requesting Heraskevych’s reinstatement.—
Amanda Davies,
CNN Money,
12 Feb. 2026
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Braner requested deeper dives on the punishment that Rady is likely to face if forced to resume gender care, on which other hospitals in California have taken similar actions, and on the specific status of young patients affected by the program’s sudden shutdown.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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The singer then materialized and handed the boy one of his Grammys and told him always to believe in himself.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Crashes, luge athletes will tell you, are part of the game, a necessary teaching tool that helps young lugers learn how to navigate sliding on their back down an icy course, sometimes faster than 90 miles per hour.—
Lindsay Schnell,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Enjoin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enjoin. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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