force
Example Sentences
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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
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