compulsion
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"Compulsion" follows the journey of "The Diary of Anne Frank"
From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2022
He then appeared in Broadway stage productions such as Compulsion, later reprising his role in the screen adaptation of the same name.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2021
Sandra Bullock is on their tail in this partial retread of the Leopold and Loeb case that inspired Rope, Compulsion and Swoon.
From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 2018
Dr. David Greenfield, a University of Connecticut psychiatry professor and founder of the Center for Internet and Technology Addiction developed a Smartphone Compulsion Test to help determine if phone use is problematic.
From New York Times • May 2, 2017
Hurried over from the Front to defend and vote for Compulsion Bill, although heretofore a strong opponent of conscription.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 12, 1916 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
Vocabulary lists containing compulsion
"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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