coerced

Example Sentences

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In the end, however, the punditry did not need to be coerced into cheerleading.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2026

“It’s not forced on you, because then it’s fake, man. If it’s coerced, I don’t buy it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Johnson added that he needed further clarity about safeguards to ensure medics were satisfied that patients understood the decision they were making, and were not being coerced by anyone else.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

But not since 1903, the year Theodore Roosevelt coerced Colombia to relinquish what became the Panama Canal, has a U.S. president forced a foreign government to give Washington significant land.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

He said that he had told lots of people—from the D.A. on down—that he had been coerced to testify falsely against Walter.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson