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
• 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
• 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 | [e-mail], al, 5 May 2021
• The country’s national oil company has declared force majeure on exports from the El Sharara oil field following an attack by a militia group over the weekend.
  — Stephanie Yang, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2018
• 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

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024