force
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The force said several police, coastguard and Border Force vehicles had been damaged during the evening.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Prisons force people to work and live in an area, and the state supplies the workforce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
The aging population creates natural constraints on the labor force, which is a key source of growth because more workers mean the economy can produce more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Gluons are particles that help bind quarks together through the strong force.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
He had come to the Hundredth Birthday Party, but so had half the force.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Looking beyond individual commodities, three broader macro forces are also sharping the market, said Guy Wolf, global head of market analytics at Marex.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 13, 2026
Under the Lebanon-Israel framework, Hezbollah is expected to disarm, Israeli forces to withdraw gradually from southern Lebanon and the Lebanese army to deploy across the area.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
And they’ll learn from their “cadre” leaders, former special forces operators, about the sacrifices first responders made.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
By the time President Joe Biden pulled American forces out of Afghanistan, 20 years had passed.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
It’s said that American and Philippine forces have landed all along the West Coast of Luzon, not far from Manila, and they will soon fight their way to Santo Tomas to liberate the camp.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
The Geran-5 has forced a rewrite of the counterdrone playbook, created for propeller drones, because “it’s essentially a poor-man’s cruise missile,” said Mike Monnik, chief executive of DroneSec, a drone-threat intelligence company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
He finally forced Zverev to drop his serve for the first time in 66 games against him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
He forced Marlins starter Ryan Gusto to throw into the zone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Some couples fear they will be forced to separate - and some families have already been divided.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
I forced what I hoped was a friendly smile onto my own face, but it felt stiff and awkward so I stopped.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Wisconsin Congressman Tom Tiffany has said he sustained minor injuries after a plane he was on landed on a lake, forcing him and the pilot to swim to safety.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
It has long proposed that gravity may play a role in forcing quantum systems to collapse into definite states.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Houthis, after seizing Yemen's capital and forcing out the government, fought the Saudi-led coalition from 2015 until a United Nations-brokered ceasefire in 2022.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
New U.S. sanctions have disrupted Tehran’s finances, sending its currency tumbling and forcing cuts to fuel subsidies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
“Maybe,” she said, looking up and forcing a weak smile, “we could have a guest reader, just for today?”
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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