coerced
Example Sentences
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Many tribal leaders were coerced into signing the original treaties, with limited to no translation support to help them understand what they were signing.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
In the end, however, the punditry did not need to be coerced into cheerleading.
From Salon • Mar. 2, 2026
“It’s not forced on you, because then it’s fake, man. If it’s coerced, I don’t buy it.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
But not since 1903, the year Theodore Roosevelt coerced Colombia to relinquish what became the Panama Canal, has a U.S. president forced a foreign government to give Washington significant land.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026
Once he was no longer being coerced, his instincts bubbled back to the surface.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
