How to Use force majeure in a Sentence

force majeure

noun
  • 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
  • And yet, there’s talk of teams line-editing force majeure clauses, just in case.
    Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Oct. 2020
  • This is called force majeure, and means the movie is unsalvageable.
    Eleanor Hildebrandt, Popular Mechanics, 21 Dec. 2018
  • What does force majeure have to do with investing though?
    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
  • At the end of the day, how can a solid investment strategy cope with force majeure?
    Andrew Rosen, Forbes, 20 Apr. 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
  • Contractual terms are not all that might keep force majeure at bay.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 28 July 2023
  • 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
  • EasyJet pointed out that the contract contained no force majeure clause.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 18 May 2021
  • 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
  • The Chinese side regrets the unintended entry of the airship into US airspace due to force majeure.
    Andrew Daniels, Popular Mechanics, 4 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • According to the Athletic, the deal nearly fell apart over the league’s proposal that a force majeure clause tied to attendance decreases be added to the CBA.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2020
  • Court Judge Peter Sakai said Coverson was a force majeure, or irresistible force.
    Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Various kinds of contracts often have a force majeure clause regarding events beyond the control of the parties.
    Jim Small, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2023
  • All these deals, speaking generally, at least contain a force majeure clause.
    Vulture, 2 May 2023
  • 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
  • La Cantera’s counterclaim makes no mention of force majeure.
    Staff Writer, Chron, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Instead of paying up, the New York real estate mogul countersued, claiming the 2008 crash was a force majeure event—one that Deutsche had helped precipitate.
    Luke Harding, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Some long-term deals have force majeure clauses, which take effect on the 60th or 90th day of a strike, allowing the studios to terminate their contracts without paying a penalty.
    Nicole Sperling, New York Times, 17 July 2023
  • An insider told The Hollywood Reporter that the crew received force majeure letters on Friday.
    Emma Stefansky, HWD, 2 Dec. 2017
  • This is the third straight year in which the government in Berlin has declared a kind of force majeure that prevents it from meeting budgetary targets anchored in Germany’s constitution.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Exporters have started to declare force majeure on soybean cargoes.
    Fabiana Batista, Bloomberg.com, 26 May 2018
  • 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
  • Team officials also said the Trash Pandas would not be seeking financial cover from the force majeure clause in the lease beyond the cancellation of the 2020 baseball season.
    Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 5 May 2021

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