compel
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Krishnan plans to introduce legislation to compel the department to assess the proposal.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 14, 2026
Some argue this would compel parties to find their funding via lots of small donations rather than fewer giant ones.
From BBC β Sep. 14, 2026
The release is part of an agreement with 9/11 Health Watch, a victims' advocacy group that had taken legal action to compel the city to make the documents public.
From Barron's β Sep. 8, 2026
He instructed Southern postmasters to record and publicize the names of even individual subscribers to abolitionist newspapers to encourage intimidation by their neighbors and perhaps even compel them to leave the South.
From Slate β Sep. 4, 2026
I don’t want to ask, but manners compel me.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
It’s not just their goony sense of humor that compels them to make silly intro videos and do funny accents.
From Los Angeles Times β Jun. 8, 2026
A subpoena compels a party to release specified internal documents or information.
From BBC β May 27, 2026
The written word compels you to think and a heightened conscience is one of the essential elements required to bring about change.
From Barron's β May 21, 2026
It is, as yet, a dud — a $2,000 slot machine that pays out a Community Note dressed as a verdict, in a process that compels nothing and binds no one.
From Salon β Apr. 23, 2026
We stick close to the walls as we approach, but the frenzy from the blackout compels the guards to rush from their posts to secure the Mess and the Hub.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
Yet she felt compelled to keep that passion hidden.
From BBC β Sep. 25, 2026
But I did, because I was compelled to follow a problem.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 20, 2026
Across the nation, anti-Muslim fervor was so strong that Bush was compelled to explain to the American people that freedom of religion was still in the Bill of Rights.
From Salon β Sep. 13, 2026
For some, this may conflict with the image they feel compelled to maintain as parents, as strong people who can protect those they love.
From Slate β Sep. 11, 2026
“Your father should be a part of that conversation. But if you want, I can tell you a little more about me. And my childhood. And the reasons why I felt compelled to find her.”
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
On Thursday Geoffrey Hinton, the Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist who helped create AI and has grown concerned at its dangers, was far more compelling on CNN.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 24, 2026
These distinctive structures form under the intense pressures produced during an impact and provided compelling evidence that the feature was not volcanic after all.
From Science Daily β Sep. 22, 2026
Power-generation equipment is another compelling investment area, according to Byrd.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 21, 2026
Speaking at a fringe meeting in Brighton, pollster Luke Tryl said the Lib Dems were not cutting through nationally and needed a more compelling message.
From BBC β Sep. 20, 2026
The clay hypothesis hardly excludes life on Mars, but it certainly carries us far enough to say that there is no compelling evidence for microbiology on Mars.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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The Bill of Rights
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