be forced

Example Sentences

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Following numerous exchanges on the topic over the past year, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron came to realize that the companies couldn’t be forced to cooperate, the German official said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Brock, ruling that local delivery drivers cannot be forced into private arbitration for employment disputes.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

With pupil numbers declining and budgets tightening, schools may be forced to cut staff.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

As if California were to suddenly become akin to Enver Hoxha’s Albania and Brin would be forced to take meals of beetroot and groats in the collective’s cafeteria.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

The body plans of vertebrates depend on this property: if hemoglobin’s capacity to deliver oxygen to distant sites was disrupted, our bodies would be forced to be small and cold.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee