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A fast, he insisted, was not blackmail but an act of suffering intended to awaken rather than coerce.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

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

The ruling found the subpoenas related to immigration enforcement were meant to “harass, coerce and retaliate.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 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

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

On top of that, Amazon coerces those third party sellers into signing up for Amazon’s own fulfillment and advertising services — leading to increased costs that then get passed on to customers, the FTC argues.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2023

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

She slips away, and I grit my teeth as Grandfather coerces me into a stilted discussion with the governor.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

In 2005, the California government formally apologized for these forced removals, recognizing they were “fundamental violations of … basic civil liberties and constitutional rights” during a period “of illegal deportation and coerced emigration.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Interviewing prisoners of war is not straightforward: to be sure they are not being coerced, first and foremost, and then to assess how openly they are speaking in the circumstances.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

What will change is that Americans will no longer be coerced into sacrificing their First Amendment rights.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

Week after week, aided or coerced by their parents, they came, and week after week Milton Stephanides excused himself to go up to his bedroom and play his clarinet out the window.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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

What they’re actually doing is coercing all the members of an industry cartel into raising their prices in lockstep.

From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2025

Lawyers have accused it of coercing devotees, known colloquially as "Moonies" after its founder, to donate large sums of money.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025

In the current situation, “the legal argument for broadly coercing a state into doing what you want isn’t really different,” Boushey said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2025

The miserable hound!––as if my dad would think of coercing me into marrying him!”

From The Spoilers of the Valley by Robert Watson