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Wolff said Xi may not be ready to take Taiwan by force yet as there are other hotspots in the South China Sea where the U.S. potentially would be obliged to intervene against Chinese belligerence, such as the Philippines.
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John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
President Trump, meanwhile, has not ruled out the possibility of taking the territory by force.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 10 Apr. 2025
But Vance retreated from Trump's past suggestions that the U.S. could take control of the island by force, saying Greelanders themselves would choose to split from Denmark.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
And Israel can’t defeat Hamas by force without harming many hostages.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2025
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John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
President Trump, meanwhile, has not ruled out the possibility of taking the territory by force.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 10 Apr. 2025
But Vance retreated from Trump's past suggestions that the U.S. could take control of the island by force, saying Greelanders themselves would choose to split from Denmark.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
And Israel can’t defeat Hamas by force without harming many hostages.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2025
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“By force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20force. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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