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force

[fawrs] / fɔrs /








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Mr. Bush employed threats, sanctions and diplomacy but ultimately ruled out the use of force.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Revised wording no longer explicitly invokes Chapter 7 of the UN Charter, which allows the Security Council to authorize armed force to restore peace.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Start with the decline in the unemployment rate: The chief reason why it fell was because almost 400,000 people dropped out of the labor force.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

“This is a very large use of force against our client.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

It was no longer a prison, but a home where people who had been warped by this philosophy of hate and force could come to learn another way.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom