obliged
Example Sentences
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In return for permission to build extra apartments, the developers of the store and 40 others were obliged to allocate space for a supermarket.
From Barron's
Kyiv would be obliged to respond to any violations of electoral laws by such candidates and bar them from participating.
In 424 B.C., he was exiled for 20 years after failing to block its advance—a humiliation that obliged him to reappear in his own narrative.
It is unclear whether Credit Suisse and UBS executives are obliged to appear if asked, but they are expected to do so due to intense political and public pressure.
From Reuters
That would risk plunging the alliance into war with Russia, as Nato would be obliged under Article 5 of its treaty to defend any member that is under attack.
From BBC
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