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Recent Examples of extortedDiplomats told investigators that some foreign nationals were extorted as much as $10,000 to avoid arrest at checkpoints.—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025 His fortune also faced some hits as he was allegedly extorted.—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025 The neo-noir thriller, which is an adaptation of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low, follows David King (Washington), a successful music executive who gets extorted by an up-and-coming rapper (A$AP Rocky).—Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 18 Aug. 2025
Stefon Flowers coerced at least four women into prostitution for his financial gain over the course of three months in 2023, according to a news release from the Denver District Attorney’s Office.
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Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
29 Sep. 2025
The word describes what happens when electrons are coerced to spin in tandem, as opposed to spinning in opposite directions, which is the default state of most electrons most of the time.
Others wrung riches from the network; Berners-Lee assumed the mantle of moral authority, fighting to safeguard the web’s openness and promote equitable access.
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Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
But after logging three and half miles through Miami one sweltering evening this week, members wrung out sweaty shirts, chugged ice water and welcomed a soaking rain shower at the finish line.
No existing rival has wrested market share from Google.
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Julia Shapero,
The Hill,
2 Sep. 2025
In 1968, Palestinians resurrected an independence movement that wrested decision making away from Egypt and other Arab countries that had been humiliated in the Six-Day War.
Jacksonville forced San Francisco to turn the ball over four times.
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Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
29 Sep. 2025
The veteran guard has joined a new team in August in three of the last four seasons and after training camp in the fourth, she was forced to adapt to a different set of teammates and plays in a hurry.
He was emboldened by the Netflix doc to make another Herschel Walker trade and got fleeced!
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Jon Machota,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
All the trucks that Buck Strickland buys his investors in episode 10 are from Bronco Barry’s car dealership, which fleeced Bobby into buying a horse a few episodes earlier.
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Jake Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Aug. 2025
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