strong-arm

Example Sentences

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

From Barron's

Pence, meanwhile, was on the receiving end of Trump’s vitriolic efforts to strong-arm him into breaking the law.

From Los Angeles Times

But over the past decade, Article 49.3 has increasingly been seen as an undemocratic tool, used by the government to strong-arm lawmakers.

From New York Times

But detractors view it as an undemocratic tool to strong-arm lawmakers.

From New York Times

Finally, there’s a “labs” feature that lets you strong-arm apps into playing nice with this new system if they haven’t been updated to resize properly on a modern Android device.

From The Verge