coercion

Under California law at the time, Pellerin said, she had no evidence of coercion or force so she had no choice but to process the license.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

It isn’t based on the natural, or on man as he is; it’s a construct that involves coercion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Taking the Fifth is not an admission of guilt - it is designed to protect individuals against coercion, mistakes, and unfair burden-shifting.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Are you entering into this of your own free will — without any coercion?

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

He had to take coercion out of the equation and let the horse discover the pleasure of speed.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Who knows what coercions they deployed back in the day to corral those students into submission; at least that’s the fear evinced by today’s new campus dating policies.

From Newsweek ● Mar. 20, 2015

The coercions of this virtual captivity extended to the stipulations of the treaty presently formulated.

From The Story of Old Fort Loudon by Mary Noailles Murfree

The records in the diaries, letters, and reminiscences which have come down to us from those early days, are full of Mr. Durant's commands and coercions.

From The Story of Wellesley by Florence Converse

For now let us observe that the ethical sentiment and idea, properly so-called, are independent of the ideas and sentiments above described as derived from external authorities, and coercions, and approbations—religious, political, or social.

From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by C. M. Williams

Those peaceable coercions which are in the power of every nation, if undertaken in concert and in time of peace, are more likely to produce the desired effect.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph