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duress
noun as in threat, hardship
Example Sentences
Only under duress and in a closed-door meeting with New York power brokers did Mr. Mamdani say that he would “discourage” use of the phrase.
In August 2025, Hamas ally Islamic Jihad published a video showing Braslavski looking weak and thin as he spoke under duress.
He had argued he was under duress when he was forced to throw the bodies into the pig enclosure.
They contend it was obtained under duress following the revolution which toppled Colonel Gaddafi in 2011.
The Jordanian ministry did not answer questions about Hammad, but legal experts say governments have little recourse to repatriate their citizens if they signed a contract, unless they can prove they did so under duress.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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