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Posting on X, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said: "We must strive to compel the enemy to remain committed to what it has signed."

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

What would compel a consultant to dismiss signs that a candidate has contemptible views on sexual assault?

From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026

A weak yen threatens to drive up Japan’s inflation, which could compel the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates more aggressively.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

The lawsuit says Winters seeks financial damages and for the court to compel OpenAI to implement "reasonable safeguards that protect other users from harm".

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

My thoughts would compel utterance; and there, with no audience but the Almighty, I would pour out my soul’s complaint, in my rude way, with an apostrophe to the moving multitude of ships:—

From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass

Insurers could still step in for 2028, but nothing compels them to, and they balked once for a simple reason: Covering this category pushes premiums higher for everyone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

It is, as yet, a dud — a $2,000 slot machine that pays out a Community Note dressed as a verdict, in a process that compels nothing and binds no one.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026

Shameful pride compels me to say there are only about 300 players in the Hall of Fame.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026

Fragmentation compels banks and asset managers to localize balance sheets and hold excess capital, constraining cross-border intermediation and dampening growth.

From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026

“It should be clear,” Kennedy wrote, “that United States Government action regarding the Alabama schools will come only if Governor Wallace compels it.”

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

Lillian Carranza said she understood why Flores “might feel compelled to gather evidence to substantiate serious allegations,” given how the department has handled past whistleblower cases.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

You cannot be compelled to serve as an executor, even if you’re named in someone’s will.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

So in effect, once the body has been heavier, the brain comes to treat that higher weight as the new normal – a level it feels compelled to defend.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

He invoked the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution, which says no individual can be "compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself".

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

But within four years Jefferson had compelled the Osage to relinquish their territory between the Arkansas River and the Missouri River.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

A new study published in Frontiers in Mammal Science presents the first compelling evidence that at least some cynodonts may have been viviparous -- meaning they gave birth to live offspring.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026

The problem was that the 37-year-old assemblywoman couldn’t quite manage to assemble a compelling narrative from all those memorable, resonant elements.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026

But she also knows it’s that journey of understanding that makes “Ted Lasso” so compelling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Aiming for middle-of-the-road returns could still be a compelling strategy if the midcaps produced superior risk-adjusted performance.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

I'm not opposed to dressing up, and you make a compelling case for it.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli