coerced
Example Sentences
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The patients I know who contributed to the hospital to “honor” their doctor were certainly not coerced.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
What will change is that Americans will no longer be coerced into sacrificing their First Amendment rights.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee, China is known to have “conducted coerced repatriations of economic fugitives from the U.K. and kidnapping of dual nationals overseas.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
It said that he was waiving his right to an attorney, and that he hadn’t been coerced.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
More to the point, the original holders had not been coerced to sell.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
