force
Example Sentences
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Five Metropolitan Police officers have been removed from front-line duties after a bag containing firearms and a Taser was found on a London street, the force has said.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Mr. Bush employed threats, sanctions and diplomacy but ultimately ruled out the use of force.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
"It is the only alliance that, until now, had a major player behaving like a benevolent hegemon, one that did not impose its actions on others by force," he told AFP.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Start with the decline in the unemployment rate: The chief reason why it fell was because almost 400,000 people dropped out of the labor force.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
Twice he did the dead man’s float, to rest, and both times he had to force himself to start swimming again.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
