compelled

Example Sentences

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"Until Meta is compelled to rid its platforms of illegal wildlife trade, and prove that it is not profiting from it, the online wildlife trade will only get worse."

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

In the NBA, they’re compelled to stay under them.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2026

It first lays out protections afforded to LPRs, declaring that they “shall not” be compelled to prove that they satisfy the requirements for legal entry “unless” one of six exceptions applies.

From Slate • Jun. 23, 2026

To be made to feel shame for this — including feeling compelled to reduce any conversation to whispers — could only be an exercise rooted in elitism.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

He had felt compelled to stay by a power beyond his own reckoning.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers