forced

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Then the CME raised margins five times in nine days — and the cascade of forced liquidation was spectacular, sending silver tumbling nearly 30%.

From MarketWatch

The Times reported how Edison and other utilities defeated a state regulatory plan, introduced in 2001, which would’ve forced the companies to remove abandoned lines unless they could prove they would use them again.

From Los Angeles Times

Because he tells me to leave the house, which he lives in, I feel forced to comply, even though my mother wants me there.

From MarketWatch

She was released last year, shortly after Hasina was forced from power.

From Barron's

Following the Dueñas decision, California lawmakers passed a bill that would have forced courts to determine whether defendants could pay before imposing many remaining fines — effectively codifying the ruling as state law.

From Los Angeles Times