strong-arm

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He can, in certain circumstances, strong-arm the world into realigning with his interests while sidestepping the tripwires that his predecessors worried would bring them down.

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He can, in certain circumstances, strong-arm the world into realigning with his interests while sidestepping the tripwires that his predecessors worried would bring them down.

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Ian Paul, a conservative theologian and a member of the General Synod, denies that this amounted to "strong-arm tactics".

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Reid isn’t worried, arguing that the new chair won’t be able to strong-arm the whole committee into rate cuts.

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"It is a certain restriction of our freedoms," Ivanov said of the plans to strong-arm users into switching.

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