intimidate
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With enough warships, a blockade could intimidate many tankers attempting to move oil to and from Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Klausner also ruled that some of the actions that Seitz’s attorneys argued were meant to intimidate him instead appeared to be “routine law enforcement interactions.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
In its annual threat assessment last year, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation said "multiple foreign regimes" attempt to monitor, harass and intimidate Australians and Australian residents.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
"To see that a minority of people behave in this manner, and intimidate people who just come here to work and live and have a peaceful life, it's a very sad state of affairs."
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
I needed Noodles to know that I meant business as much as he did, and that he couldn't intimidate me with all his yapping.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
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