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Gail Roberts was the last remaining resident of Queensway in Derby after her home was among 15 included in a compulsory purchase order to make way for the A38 upgrade.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Co-op Academy Belle Vue, in Manchester, is planning to drop the number of its compulsory branded items from seven to three, plus a tie.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Although voting is compulsory, the penalty for not doing so costs less than a bus fare.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Burnham was health secretary in a Gordon Brown government which proposed a compulsory levy which people could defer until after they had died.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

“Attendance is now compulsory for every young witch and wizard,” he replied.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

What made these compulsories different was the manner in which the two-time defending world champions went through it.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 27, 2021

The synchronized divers must still perform them, however — compulsories are the first two dives the pairs do.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2016

Jan Hoffmann of East Germany won the 1974 men’s world singles championship at Munich, but Cranston, who was too far behind after the compulsories to finish better than third, thrilled the 8,000 spectators.

From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2015

But if the ISU wants to be that literal-minded, it might as well bring back compulsories.

From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2014

Scott usually dominated the compulsories, the tracing of figure-eight variations, which accounted for 60 percent of the scoring in her era, but she deftly executed spins and leaps as well.

From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2012