forced march

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One word encapsulates this forced march of slaves westward, along with a disproportionate part of the Black role in America’s economic emergence: cotton.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025

He had just arrived by bus from Pirot on the Serbia-Bulgaria border, he said, after a gruelling 25-day forced march across Bulgaria.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2023

And he survived a forced march when his weight dropped from 135 pounds to about 90 pounds before he could escape on April 15, 1945.

From Washington Times • Nov. 21, 2020

But the forced march of serial questions is likely to put pressure on the justices to ask questions of both sides, whether they would ordinarily be inclined to or not.

From New York Times • May 3, 2020

Some Marines could make a good spit shine last for a week, but Bull’s shoes would look as if they had been on a forced march after only several days’ wear.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy