thrust on/upon
phrasal verb
thrust on/upon; thrusting on/upon; thrusts on/upon
: to force (someone) to have or accept (something)
Fame was thrust upon her.
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But then Simon, now known as Backpacking Kitty on Instagram, was sort of thrust upon him.
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Mallory Arnold, Outside Online, 25 May 2025
Porter Township School Corporation Superintendant Stacey Schmidt joked that despite Union Township Bearcats being their arch-rivals, her community did not support a data center being thrust upon them.
—Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
Popovich was irritated that the Spurs were thrust on national television while playing for the fourth time in five nights, and at the end of a six-game trip.
—Jason Quick, New York Times, 2 May 2025
And with the chance to cement a dynasty now thrust upon them, their willingness to spend — even after committing almost $1.5 billion in signings last offseason — doesn’t appear to be waning.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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Mallory Arnold, Outside Online, 25 May 2025
Porter Township School Corporation Superintendant Stacey Schmidt joked that despite Union Township Bearcats being their arch-rivals, her community did not support a data center being thrust upon them.
—Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
Popovich was irritated that the Spurs were thrust on national television while playing for the fourth time in five nights, and at the end of a six-game trip.
—Jason Quick, New York Times, 2 May 2025
And with the chance to cement a dynasty now thrust upon them, their willingness to spend — even after committing almost $1.5 billion in signings last offseason — doesn’t appear to be waning.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Thrust on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thrust%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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