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Referred to as Mas'ud by prosecutors, he said he repeated what he had learned to a Libyan official, under duress, after the men threatened his family.

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Under duress, the father reluctantly retrieved the ball from his son and handed it over, much to the shock and dismay of onlookers.

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Freeman claimed that he was under duress when the police pulled him over, and acting in self-defence by filming them with his phone as he drove off.

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Mr De Wet, a supervisor on the farm, will testify that he was under duress when he was forced to throw their bodies into the pig enclosure, according to both the prosecution and his lawyer.

From BBC

Already, about 2,000 DOE staff members have been fired or quit under duress.

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

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