involuntary
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"Involuntary installations have been a last – but necessary – resort for cases where repeated attempts to address debt with the customer through other means have been unsuccessful," she said.
From BBC • May 27, 2025
Involuntary treatment is claimed to be necessary because people would not enter therapy voluntarily.
From Salon • Nov. 17, 2024
Involuntary servitude, however, is still in the Constitution.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2024
Involuntary manslaughter charges against Baldwin were abandoned three weeks after a new prosecutor team took over the case, though the same charge currently remains for weapons supervisor Hannah Gutierrez-Reed.
From Seattle Times • May 17, 2023
Involuntary distractions are not sinful, since one is not bound to the impossible.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome
Vocabulary lists containing involuntary
13th Amendment (1865)
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 16–19
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