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force

[fawrs] / fɔrs /








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Hosepipe ban in force as drought threatens - is your area affected?

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Critics point out that passengers in the wings could be exposed to higher levels of uncomfortable gravitational force when the plane turns.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

State laws now require police departments to release more information about officer misconduct and cases that involve serious uses of force.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

The force said the 66-year-old, from the Sunderland area, was due to appear before South Tyneside Magistrates' Court next month.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

The rejection comes back, full force, knocking the breath out of my lungs.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

State Department placed sanctions on MizarVision in May for allegedly “providing satellite imagery that enables Iran’s military strikes against U.S. forces in the Middle East.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

One night, she asked him if he thought he could make a guitar sound like a car crash for an upcoming poetry reading she was doing, and that’s how Kaye joined forces with Patti Smith.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2026

The Hashed al-Shaabi alliance, also known as the Popular Mobilisation Forces, was created in 2014 to fight jihadists before it was formally integrated into the armed forces.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

The Home Office said new guidance would help forces to roll out tracking systems to record officer and staff exposure to traumatic incidents.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

While alive, Benjamin Franklin had worked with invisible forces like electricity and magnetism.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Fires in Turkey have already forced the evacuation of hundreds of people around tourist beaches in the south, with hundreds of firefighters tackling the flames.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

That forced me to re-examine situations I had already lived through — cases where things didn’t go the way they were “supposed” to go, even when clients thought they had done everything right on paper.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

Some had raised concerns Airbus would be forced to slash the target because of supply-chain issues as it did in 2022, 2024 and 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Many of the 2,000 people forced to flee the fires in the nearby Tiétar Valley were looked after by volunteers in the town of Talavera de la Reina, some distance south of the fire.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

I forced my brain not to think about my destiny or myself.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

The fire has moved quickly through the region’s sprawling pine forests, forcing more than 220,000 residents and vacationers to evacuate at the height of the tourist season.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Flames have torn through vast swathes of forest in both countries, incinerating properties and forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

A powerful earthquake struck Japan’s Kyushu island on 28 July, forcing more than 150,000 people to evacuate.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

The aircraft hit the sand and rolled for about 100 feet before Mike made a hard turn, forcing the aircraft to brake and enabling the pair to emerge unscathed.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

I drop it like it’s fire, watch it flutter to the floor while I count and breathe, count and breathe, forcing my hammering heart to chill out.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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