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Yaël Braun-Pivet, the president of France's National Assembly, said after the visit: "I refuse to allow women to be compelled to step aside in order to meet the demands of foreign visitors."

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

You cannot be compelled to serve as an executor, even if you’re named in someone’s will.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

"If the government does not honour the agreement and release everyone detained or arrested, we will be compelled to resume the protest," Ashutosh Ranka, a spokesperson of the CJP told reporters.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

It first lays out protections afforded to LPRs, declaring that they “shall not” be compelled to prove that they satisfy the requirements for legal entry “unless” one of six exceptions applies.

From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026

In March 1925, Hoover had reinstated Wren but only after warning him, “Unless you measure up to the standards that are now in effect in this Bureau, I will be compelled to request your resignation.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann


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