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[fawrs] / fɔrs /








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District Judge P. Casey Pitts weighs whether a Texas grand jury can force the California medical center to hand over its files to the Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations in Kansas.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Activist investors who want to force changes at underperforming closed-end funds take advantage of this rule by buying up a bunch of shares and then trying to change how the fund is run.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

“Instead, our strategy is an overwhelming, visible show of force to keep the peace.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The driving force behind that is Padre Pepe, a chatty parish priest in jeans and checked shirt rather than a dog collar.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Her strength has been inconsistent in the years since her diagnosis, but at that moment, it is back full force.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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