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coercive

[koh-ur-siv] / koʊˈɜr sɪv /
ADJECTIVE
forcible
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Nigel Farage has announced Helen Jenner as the new leader of Reform in Wales, replacing Dan Thomas after his arrest on suspicion of assault and controlling or coercive behaviour.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

That must include steps to end the use of any "coercive measure to divert the natural movement of the elephants", it read.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

“The threat is not limited to superficial damage or coercive signalling but now carries a direct and substantial risk to seafarers,” said Dimitris Maniatis, Marisks’s founder and chief executive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

She told the BBC that despite some recent improvements they continue to see "serious shortcomings in the arrangements for military police complaints, poor handling of allegations of coercive control and behaviour".

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Franklin’s ancestors may have emigrated from Europe to escape oppressive rules, but colonial societies were still vastly more coercive and class- ridden than indigenous villages.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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