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forced

[fawrst, fohrst] / fɔrst, foʊrst /


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She says she herself has been forced to cut employees' hours.

From BBC

The venue has endured a turbulent several years, having been first forced to close in 2018 after a fire destroyed the nearby Glasgow School of Art.

From BBC

Should the Seahawks follow through and sell imminently, it wouldn’t be the first time that league pressure had forced an owner’s hand.

From The Wall Street Journal

A weakening job market and escalating geopolitical tensions also forced crypto investors to rethink their riskier holdings.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was suffering repeated injuries from crashes that forced Vonn into retirement in 2019 with chronic arthritis in her right knee.

From The Wall Street Journal