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coercive

adjective as in forcible

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The U.S. readout of the January call instead focused on the concerns Rubio expressed to Wang over Beijing’s “coercive actions” against Taiwan.

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She agrees coercive and controlling behaviour is "a difficult charge to prove".

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A UK Athletics disciplinary panel found that Young - who Scotland's Muir stopped working with in 2023 - "ignored medical advice" and "used manipulative and coercive behaviour towards those he coached".

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The agency, which protects consumers from unfair business practices, accused Amazon of duping people into automatically renewing their Amazon Prime subscriptions through “manipulative, coercive, or deceptive user-interface designs.”

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Fearing further punitive action, he approached the Madras High Court last week, which ordered authorities to not take any coercive action until the next hearing on 8 October.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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