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under duress

adverb as in under the gun

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In the video, in which he appears to be speaking under duress, the 21-year-old appealed to the US and Israeli governments to secure his release.

From BBC

He appeared to be speaking under duress as he criticised the Israeli government.

From BBC

Nearly three decades later, after two prosecution witnesses said they testified under duress, President Gerald Ford granted her an unconditional pardon.

Soderbergh describes his choice of the horror genre as a Trojan horse, in which the ghostly element acts to reveal “a family under duress and in danger of coming apart.”

“The most important thing: We don’t want people signing documents under duress,” Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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