by force
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In his fiery maiden speech - addressing troops at a nearby military base - de la Espriella pledged to crush armed insurgents, rebuild Colombia and defend democracy "by reason or by force".
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
They know that trying to open it by force would be costly and may require American ground troops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
His loss of popularity is mainly due to the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous enclave inside Azerbaijan that was home to 100,000 ethnic Armenians until Azerbaijan took it by force in 2023.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
This makes Herald’s explosive and terrifying fit, in which he falls to the ground as if thrown by force, and relates a dark vision of bones walking on water, seem to come from nowhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
“We can’t beat him by force, so we’ll have to use trickery.”
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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