compel
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“We are grateful to the Justice Department for rejecting this effort by a prosecutor in Paris to compel our CEO and several employees to sit for interviews,” an xAI official said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
His reasoning focused on the text of Article I: The authority to “raise” an army, he argued, did not include the power to compel service in it.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
Rate traders, meanwhile, are digesting minutes of the Fed’s March policy meeting, in which a growing number of officials said war-related inflation might compel the need for interest-rate hikes before the end of the year.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
For years, animal welfare advocates and some politicians tried to compel the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
Fay and I weren’t coming close to making the inmates do what they were supposed to do, and I was uncertain about whether I should use my power to compel them.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Vocabulary lists containing compel
The Vocabulary.com Top 1000
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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The Bill of Rights
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