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Some argue this would compel parties to find their funding via lots of small donations rather than fewer giant ones.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

The release is part of an agreement with 9/11 Health Watch, a victims' advocacy group that had taken legal action to compel the city to make the documents public.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

He instructed Southern postmasters to record and publicize the names of even individual subscribers to abolitionist newspapers to encourage intimidation by their neighbors and perhaps even compel them to leave the South.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

The order could govern federal usage; it could not compel Canada or the rest of the world to play along.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

Sometimes she wondered if this was her own failure rather than his, if perhaps she lacked a certain strength that would compel him to include her in his pain.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

There are few artists, let alone individuals of any stripe, whose loss compels a national day of mourning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

"It compels us to preserve this property, to protect it, to cherish it even more, and to promote its value," he added.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

A subpoena compels a party to release specified internal documents or information.

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

It is, as yet, a dud — a $2,000 slot machine that pays out a Community Note dressed as a verdict, in a process that compels nothing and binds no one.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026

And after seeing her smile like that at me, something compels me to go all in.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

"I have always loved creation and literature. I can't see why I would feel compelled to use a machine," he told Libération newspaper.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

If advertising minimums result in reduced demand and slower sales, Stellantis could be compelled to spend more on those incentives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Across the nation, anti-Muslim fervor was so strong that Bush was compelled to explain to the American people that freedom of religion was still in the Bill of Rights.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

In a horror movie pastiche, Mendoza is dogged by middle-aged white men compelled to tell him that their wife is Asian, which does sound like something from personal experience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

The rosebushes were scratching intently at the windows, but I directed his focus to the sheet of paper waiting there for him, and compelled him to pick up the pen.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

That ability to hold seemingly opposing ideas at once became one of the most compelling threads running through the festival.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

The richness of detail and the delicacy of the needlework are as compelling as the fury of the story and the scale of its stakes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

As investors prepare for Micron Technology’s latest quarterly results, one analyst says that more compelling opportunities lie further ahead.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

The task for Burnham is to meld these snapshots into a compelling and coherent narrative, culminating in a vision of the Britain he wants to see a decade from now.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

The fact that the source of this expression predates Newton and was picked up by him for his own purposes only reinforces Faulkner’s compelling argument.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin