coercion

Example Sentences

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There have also been glimpses of how China could use economic coercion.

From Barron's

The two leaders issued a joint fact sheet stating that they “opposed any attempts to unilaterally change the status quo, including by force or coercion.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Washington and its partners, they say, should use the window to build a comprehensive deterrence strategy that addresses nonmilitary coercion as effectively as it does conventional conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal

Again and again during the final debate, the word that passed the lips of opponents to the bill was "coercion".

From BBC

But it would be “coercion in a good cause.”

From The Wall Street Journal