How to Use force majeure in a Sentence

force majeure

noun
  • And yet, there’s talk of teams line-editing force majeure clauses, just in case.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Contractual terms are not all that might keep force majeure at bay.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 28 July 2023
  • This is called force majeure, and means the movie is unsalvageable.
    — Eleanor Hildebrandt, Popular Mechanics, 21 Dec. 2018
  • At the end of the day, how can a solid investment strategy cope with force majeure?
    — Andrew Rosen, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The studios were able to use the strike to cancel some deals and productions under force majeure rules.
    — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2023
  • EasyJet pointed out that the contract contained no force majeure clause.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 18 May 2021
  • All these deals, speaking generally, at least contain a force majeure clause.
    — Vulture, 2 May 2023
  • Without the force majeure of the pandemic, such a reform would have taken much longer to happen, if at all.
    — Enrique Dans, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Exporters have started to declare force majeure on soybean cargoes.
    — Fabiana Batista, Bloomberg.com, 26 May 2018
  • But in the long term, cash refunds should be mandatory in force majeure circumstances even when consumers cancel first.
    — Ed Perkins, chicagotribune.com, 26 Feb. 2021
  • The Hawaii contracts allows either party to cancel for force majeure.
    — Jeff Metcalfe, The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2020
  • Under the legal clause force majeure, a party that does not live up to a contract can be excused because of events beyond the party’s control.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Various kinds of contracts often have a force majeure clause regarding events beyond the control of the parties.
    — Jim Small, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The outage, which gave a boost to prices, was the first time a force majeure had been declared in the North Sea since 1988.
    — Bloomberg News, NOLA.com, 26 Dec. 2017
  • But maybe not, if a court were to decide the force majeure clause sufficiently covers IU in the event of a pandemic.
    — Jon Blau, The Indianapolis Star, 12 July 2020
  • Just days ago, the Forties pipeline cracked and shut down, and the pipeline’s operator declared force majeure on oil shipments.
    — Nick Cunningham, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2017
  • But like business interruption insurance, making the case that force majeure clauses apply to epidemics might be a stretch.
    — Naomi Xu Elegant, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2020
  • And exporters to China face diversions as clients there use force majeure clauses in their contracts to walk away from commitments to buy cargoes.
    — Alex Longley, Bloomberg.com, 29 Apr. 2020
  • The Gap's obligation to pay rent under the leases is not suspended by force majeure, Simon said in the filing.
    — Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 6 June 2020
  • Court Judge Peter Sakai said Coverson was a force majeure, or irresistible force.
    — Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 8 Dec. 2020
  • In times of force majeure, a legitimate legal status can serve as a solid anchor for asset attribution.
    — Henry Fan, Forbes.com, 5 Mar. 2026
  • For Morton, the Mongol invasions were a localized force majeure.
    — Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Its national oil company declared force majeure after the country’s sole oil refinery was attacked.
    — Elaine Kurtenbach, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026
  • But Gordo said that invoking force majeure was contrived, and that the state restrictions on fans not being able to attend had been in place since March.
    — New York Times, 1 Jan. 2021
  • South Africa’s port and freight-rail operator declared force majeure across all of the nation’s harbors after its employees began a strike over wages.
    — Felix Njini, Bloomberg.com, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The Chinese side regrets the unintended entry of the airship into US airspace due to force majeure.
    — Andrew Daniels, Popular Mechanics, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Invoking force majeure can allow developers to suspend those penalties.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 11 June 2026
  • Major suppliers will likely declare force majeure and raise prices, following the playbook of the four previous shortages over the past 20 years.
    — Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Reporting from Cairo, Egypt Bahrain’s state oil company has declared force majeure after an attack set its refinery ablaze.
    — Yarden Segev, NBC news, 9 Mar. 2026
  • But the payments are part of force majeure provisions included in the pipeline contracts, not fines or subsidies, TransCanada said.
    — Anthony Harrup, WSJ, 12 Feb. 2019

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