coerced

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Two medics would then check whether the person is eligible and assess whether they are being pressured or coerced.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Now, the four siblings are challenging the agreement as part of their recently filed lawsuit, alleging that they were coerced into signing it without understanding their rights.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

In the end, however, the punditry did not need to be coerced into cheerleading.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 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

But in the darkness, while my teeth were slowly coerced into straightness, the rest of my face had begun to give in to a stronger, genetic predisposition toward crookedness.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides