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coerced

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verb

past tense of coerce

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Recent Examples of coerced
Adjective
Winters writes that this initial system of coerced labor didn’t go very well for the elites. Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 Aug. 2025 Like Netflix's popular 2015 docuseries Making a Murderer, The Yogurt Shop Murders explores unethical interrogation tactics used by law enforcement and questions of coerced confessions. EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
Abusers and traffickers are exploiting this lack of oversight—leaving women coerced, deceived, and sometimes poisoned. Christa Brown, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025 Hecker said the case should be dismissed and that Abrego Garcia is being coerced into accepting a guilty plea by the prospect of being indefinitely detained in a country halfway across the world, where his safety and liberty would be at threat. Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 30 Aug. 2025 That our leadership would allow itself to be coerced into ignoring its majority of constituents who believe in forging genuine social justice partnerships is highly problematic. Sahar Mustafah august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025 Hecker said the case should be dismissed and that Abrego Garcia is being coerced into accepting a guilty plea by the prospect of being indefinitely detained in a country halfway across the world, where his safety and liberty would be at threat. Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025 While Hohman essentially claims that their support was coerced, those members were simply acknowledging their assessment that Madigan has done an exemplary job and there was no valid reason to replace her. Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2025 But, as archaeologist Sean Winter writes, also like in the US, the reality involves a lot of people coerced into laboring for the benefit of the most powerful. Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 Aug. 2025 However, Springsteen and Scott later recanted their confessions, claiming they were coerced during lengthy police interrogations. Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coerced
Adjective
  • Investors may be unwilling to pay a higher multiple for UTHR, especially amid rising competitive pressures.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • But wooing Western partners would likely involve some compromises that these dictators are probably unwilling to make.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Though Andre officially ended things with his other flame, Ashley (Jen Jacob), Dani's daughter's abduction has forced her to spend some questionable quality time with her ex-husband Bill (Timon Kyle Durrett), who, it should be noted, shares a last name with Devon Winters' birth mother Yolanda.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025
  • On Sunday, Rodgers celebrated when the Steelers forced and recovered a fumble during a fourth-quarter kickoff return.
    Mike Sando, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Butler never imagined Zimmerer – a typically non-spontaneous person – would drop everything to book a flight and travel more than 1,500 miles from Nebraska to be there.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Earlier in the tournament, Sinner said that their meetings now will never be quite as spontaneous as the epic five-setter here three years ago, which announced their rivalry to the world.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As for me, whatever posturing impulse had compelled my attendance at the 10-year had dimmed considerably.
    Jordan Michelman, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
  • During a talk at the Hawgs Illustrated Sports Club luncheon, Yurachek laid out the reasons that have compelled UA officials to have the contract with War Memorial come to an end with no games on the horizon.
    Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Taylor Farms has recalled its Honey Balsamic Salad Kits in response to an accidental switch in the salad dressing.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The safety lock prevents accidental deployment while the Flex Shears tool is in your pocket or bag.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Then they are obliged to follow all lines of enquiry and take action as appropriate.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Kendrick Bourne - New England Patriots After being on the 53 man roster Tuesday, Bourne requested to be released by the Patriots on Wednesday and the team obliged his request.
    Mike Fore, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Far from being dead, reunions exist now in a zone of distortion, a weird gray area in which many people feel obligated to go without quite knowing why.
    Jordan Michelman, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
  • To that point, the NFLMC is a multiemployer bargaining association that is legally obligated to share information with its members.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Coerced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coerced. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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