coerce

Did your sister-in-law coerce or somehow pressure him into paying off her $50,000 debt?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Therefore, it is more likely and perhaps beneficial if England apply some pressure, looking to coerce Norway into playing in a way they have prepared for.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Vullo, in which the court held that the government cannot use informal tactics, like thinly-veiled threats of selective enforcement or demands for cooperation, to coerce private actors.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

It would be just as unethical for a therapist to use treatment to pressure someone into being LGBTQ+ as it is to use treatment to coerce someone out of being such an identity.

From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2026

She grappled briefly with Bloomberg, trying to coerce him into a docile lap-cat’s repose.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

Another federal law prohibits voter intimidation, with up to a yearlong prison sentence for anybody who intimidates, threatens, or coerces somebody else with the purpose of interfering with another person’s right to vote.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

“We’re both familiar with what can happen and what has happened, when the state coerces people and restricts fundamental human rights, on a very personal level,” Howald said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025

Regulators also say Amazon coerces sellers into signing up for FBA in order to reach customers on the Amazon store.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2023

Lawsuits also say the program unconstitutionally coerces drugmakers into selling their products at inadequate prices.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 30, 2023

He avoids the ballroom entirely, save for a single waltz when Tsukiko coerces him onto the dance floor.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Walters’ supporters further argue that Oxford’s statements implicating Walters—as well as Travis’ testimony against him—were tainted, the result of the men being coerced by police and angling for lighter sentences.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

In 2005, the California government formally apologized for these forced removals, recognizing they were “fundamental violations of … basic civil liberties and constitutional rights” during a period “of illegal deportation and coerced emigration.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Interviewing prisoners of war is not straightforward: to be sure they are not being coerced, first and foremost, and then to assess how openly they are speaking in the circumstances.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

The scandal saw the mothers, including many who were teenagers, coerced into giving up their children, with social, institutional and family pressures used to persuade them that adoption was their only option.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

She could be coerced into attending a Bar Mitzvah ceremony, but otherwise her Shabbat was a big dinner.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

"OK, we've been coercing him into the house with treats," she admits.

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026

I wonder what he thinks might motivate people to serve, instead of coercing them, and he mentions raising salaries.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

While preparing for a rematch with Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao is suing a restaurant server and his lawyers for “inflicting reputational damage and coercing payment.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026

Just a month earlier, however, the court unanimously reaffirmed that the First Amendment forbids the government from coercing companies into suppressing expression.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2025

In practice it serves as a mode of coercing a weaker state.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various