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be forced

VERB
bite the bullet
Synonyms
WEAK
bow to fate cross the Rubicon face the music have no choice know no alternative leap into the breach pay the piper seize the opportunity stand up and take it suck it up swallow the pill take it take one's medicine take the rap

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Would those who have backed the management be forced to act?

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Brock, ruling that local delivery drivers cannot be forced into private arbitration for employment disputes.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

The other big tech spenders may be forced to follow Alphabet’s lead in selling equity as an alternative to heaping on more debt.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

As if California were to suddenly become akin to Enver Hoxha’s Albania and Brin would be forced to take meals of beetroot and groats in the collective’s cafeteria.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

So I had to be content without him; but contentment cannot be forced, and Nathan noticed my preoccupation.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

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