forced

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These forced timeouts applied to single stocks came after the so-called flash crash in 2010, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 700 points in eight minutes before recouping much of the loss.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

The pair had been scheduled to play their quarter-final on Thursday but Mboko, 19, suffered a nasty fall in her singles match on Wednesday, which forced her to retire from the match.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

“He forced the more conventional candidates to talk about the issues in a way that would not have been the case if he weren’t in the race,” Schnur said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

No one forced him to sign-up, he said, but the idea was constantly present.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

She forced her gaze beyond the clumps of passengers, to the huge plate glass window on the other side of the aisle.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix