the force

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Six months later, the force decided to take no further action in her case.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

That included his stepfather, Ed Kovac, the homicide cop and former Marine who’d had a partner on the force who was gay.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

The poems remain resistant, as they must; but their resistance now carries the force of address, a bottle sent out from wreckage toward an unknown reader.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

He said there was a plan to get out of the water ahead of the weir but the force of the water meant she and the others were carried over it.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

I looked at the barn doors noisily slapping back and forth with the force of the storm, and I couldn’t help but feel powerless.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall