compel

Example Sentences

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“We are grateful to the Justice Department for rejecting this effort by a prosecutor in Paris to compel our CEO and several employees to sit for interviews,” an xAI official said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

His reasoning focused on the text of Article I: The authority to “raise” an army, he argued, did not include the power to compel service in it.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

Rate traders, meanwhile, are digesting minutes of the Fed’s March policy meeting, in which a growing number of officials said war-related inflation might compel the need for interest-rate hikes before the end of the year.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

However, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on his X account that "striking civilian structures, including unfinished bridges, will not compel Iranians to surrender".

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Reading it again, however, he realized that it didn’t compel him to be rude; it simply allowed him the option.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry