coerce

Vullo, in which the court held that the government cannot use informal tactics, like thinly-veiled threats of selective enforcement or demands for cooperation, to coerce private actors.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

District Court Judge Patrick Schiltz quashed the “unlawful” subpoenas, ruling that “overwhelming evidence” suggested they “were not issued to investigate, but to harass, coerce, and retaliate.”

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026

Seong-Hyon Lee, a visiting scholar at the Harvard University Asia Center, also said Beijing is shifting towards "underwriting regime durability" rather than seeking to coerce North Korea into denuclearisation.

From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026

"The approach now is to try and befriend people, rather than coerce them."

From BBC ● May 20, 2026

They could coerce some of us into fighting with misinformation, or by appealing to greed—any number of ways.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

“We’re both familiar with what can happen and what has happened, when the state coerces people and restricts fundamental human rights, on a very personal level,” Howald said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025

Lawsuits also say the program unconstitutionally coerces drugmakers into selling their products at inadequate prices.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 30, 2023

Just do not be surprised when your sister-in-law ignores any handwritten invitations and coerces you into sending text reminders anyway.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2023

“Amazon coerces merchants into agreements that keep prices artificially high, knowing full well that they can’t afford to say no.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2022

He avoids the ballroom entirely, save for a single waltz when Tsukiko coerces him onto the dance floor.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Walters’ supporters further argue that Oxford’s statements implicating Walters—as well as Travis’ testimony against him—were tainted, the result of the men being coerced by police and angling for lighter sentences.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

His account is one of the many such stories of coerced expulsion — including those of other Los Angeles residents — featured in the bilingual exhibition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

The scandal saw the mothers, including many who were teenagers, coerced into giving up their children, with social, institutional and family pressures used to persuade them that adoption was their only option.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

The patients I know who contributed to the hospital to “honor” their doctor were certainly not coerced.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

He said that he had told lots of people—from the D.A. on down—that he had been coerced to testify falsely against Walter.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

While preparing for a rematch with Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao is suing a restaurant server and his lawyers for “inflicting reputational damage and coercing payment.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026

At times “strategic ambiguity” can be a useful tool for coercing foes to act in certain ways or even to step down from power.

From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2025

Three of his former colleagues are also on trial accused of coercing Hermoso into saying the kiss was consensual.

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2025

He has never embraced the idea of a “rules-based international order,” a system that subjects great powers and small countries alike to prohibitions on invading or coercing their neighbors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2025

In practice it serves as a mode of coercing a weaker state.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various