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to cause (a person) to give in to pressure
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Recent Examples of coerces
However, the rotation of this filament clearly dominates how the galaxies within it spin, perhaps by funneling hydrogen gas along the dark-matter filament and onto the galaxies in a way that coerces their spin while providing further fuel for star formation.
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Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
4 Dec. 2025
Haunted by the suspicious death of his ailing mother, Ali, a university professor, coerces his enigmatic gardener to execute a cold-blooded act of vengeance.
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Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
14 Nov. 2025
While China often threatens and coerces other countries, such as in disputes with South Korea and Australia, its actions are often triggered by events that China feels directly threaten its core interests.
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David C. Kang,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Sep. 2025
Compulsory heterosexuality is a theoretical framework coined by lesbian scholar Adrienne Rich in 1980 to describe how heterosexuality as an institution compels and coerces female sexuality for patriarchal purposes.
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Quispe López,
Them.,
27 Aug. 2025
The Fate of the Furious (2017) The first film in the franchise since Tokyo Drift not to feature Walker, the eighth movie sees Charlize Theron as a cyberterrorist named Cipher who coerces Dom into working for her and turns him against his team.
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Adam England,
People.com,
18 Aug. 2025
Among the arguments that the government has advanced is that Ticketmaster coerces venues by conditioning access to artists on picking the company as the ticketer for the event.
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Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
4 Dec. 2025
Haunted by the suspicious death of his ailing mother, Ali, a university professor, coerces his enigmatic gardener to execute a cold-blooded act of vengeance.
—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
14 Nov. 2025
While China often threatens and coerces other countries, such as in disputes with South Korea and Australia, its actions are often triggered by events that China feels directly threaten its core interests.
—
David C. Kang,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Sep. 2025
Compulsory heterosexuality is a theoretical framework coined by lesbian scholar Adrienne Rich in 1980 to describe how heterosexuality as an institution compels and coerces female sexuality for patriarchal purposes.
—
Quispe López,
Them.,
27 Aug. 2025
The Fate of the Furious (2017) The first film in the franchise since Tokyo Drift not to feature Walker, the eighth movie sees Charlize Theron as a cyberterrorist named Cipher who coerces Dom into working for her and turns him against his team.
—
Adam England,
People.com,
18 Aug. 2025
Among the arguments that the government has advanced is that Ticketmaster coerces venues by conditioning access to artists on picking the company as the ticketer for the event.
—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coerces
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That started to change with the 2023 Right to Read law, which compels districts to use K-3 literacy curricula aligned with the science of reading.
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Ultimately, Dataland compels society to grapple with critical questions concerning memory, expression, and our evolving identity in the age of artificial intelligence.
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The structure forces you to stay invested, which can help people avoid emotional decisions, like selling early, Davidoff said.
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Drawn into a love story with a familiar collaborator as her path intersects with women of different ages and cultural backgrounds, all fighting to take control of their own destinies, Maxine finds herself on a journey of self-discovery that forces her to confront the choices shaping her life.
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That emergency obliges all of us — critical filmmakers, activists, big and small festivals — to be more courageous.
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The court replaced it with a read-in version that obliges parliament to refer a panel’s findings to the impeachment committee, which is responsible for conducting a full inquiry into the hearing evidence, determining whether grounds exist to remove a sitting president.
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The automotive groups accused Volkswagen of violating a standard dealer agreement, which obligates the company to sell its products through authorized dealerships.
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Iran is a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) that obligates it not to enrich uranium for military purposes.
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