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But most of all, they compel their audiences to think and feel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

On Aug. 14, the BBC asked a federal court in Miami for permission to compel testimony and records from Kushner, Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Kushner concerning the drafting and meaning of the speech.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026

"I am proud to be British and my British values compel me to respect the rule of law and due process."

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Posting on X, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said: "We must strive to compel the enemy to remain committed to what it has signed."

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

Reading it again, however, he realized that it didn’t compel him to be rude; it simply allowed him the option.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry

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

There’s also a family curse, which is what ultimately compels Rachel to stay, even at a reception that echoes Luis Buñuel’s “The Exterminating Angel.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

And yet, it’s rare to find a storefront that compels me to pause and look, as so few display anything other than exactly what is on the racks inside.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

“I wonder what compels a fully grown man to surround himself with playthings,” he said.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore

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

Fournier believes Clancy was wronged by the US health system and felt compelled, as a woman and a mother, to show up for a case that has given a spotlight to postpartum struggles.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Father Damien is so compelled in the 1880s to tend to a Hawaiian flock of lepers—among whom he lives and whose indigenous language he learns—that he ultimately contracts the disease from them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

But in recent years, public pressure has compelled city leaders to think more critically about whether enforcement can continue without the historical harms that has come along with it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

She opened her arms and Jinjoo felt compelled to run to her.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

One should not read too much into a single event, but once again the symbolism is compelling.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

If you compare individual bond funds or bond funds for investment using your own federal and/or state income-tax rates, you may find that the tax-exempt yields are compelling at certain times but not at others.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

“How can someone be so compelling and repulsive at the same time?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

However, only 35-year-old Danny Welbeck, who scored twice, emerged from the starters with a compelling case for more regular involvement.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

If anything, Jesse spends more time online now; the things that draw him there—games, weblogs, chat and messaging systems, open source operating programs—have become far more advanced and compelling.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz