forcibly

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Unsurprisingly people began to link the bomb to the controversial Thai decision the month before to forcibly repatriate 109 Uyghur men to China, which provoked angry protests by Uyghur sympathisers in countries like Turkey.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

He said he fears other countries would attempt to forcibly repatriate him to El Salvador, where he believes he is at risk of persecution.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

See what remains today: In Valentine, Ariz., the Truxton Canyon Training School, where Indigenous children were forcibly sent for assimilation beginning in 1903, still stands near the highway, marked by a small, impermanent memorial.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Masie Nchama, a computer science student who dreamed of moving abroad, left the central African nation for military training but found himself forcibly enrolled in the Russian army and headed for war.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

I waded into the stream and stacked the rocks on the cascade to direct the water more forcibly into the box.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George