have force
Example Sentences
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The fundamental weakness of courts is that their orders have force only if people, including government officials, obey them.
From Slate • Feb. 13, 2025
We cannot have force majeure or whatever are the situations, which is not a force majeure, certainly in that case.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2022
"Your words have force and direction, just like his," his physician whispered after my eulogy at the funeral.
From Salon • Sep. 14, 2021
O’Brien told reporters Wednesday that CIA Director Gina Haspel distributed the intelligence to coalition forces “to make sure they could have force protection.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2020
In 1871 the General Synod attempted to codify its canon law in forty-eight canons which, “and none other,” were to have force and effect as the canons of the Church of Ireland.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
