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Recent Examples of forcible
In its latest report, Human Rights Watch said Israel's tactics of forcible displacement and deliberate targeting of civilians in Lebanon risk violating international law and constitute war crimes.
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Npr Staff, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
Broward Sheriff’s Office policy allows deputies to pursue when a forcible felony has been committed.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2026
The charges that could carry the heaviest punishment for Williams are rape, forcible penetration and lewd conduct with a minor.
—Shannon Tyler
march 20, Idaho Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026
Legal framework The forcible separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families dates back to the early days of colonization in Australia.
—Roland Martin, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026
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Npr Staff, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
Broward Sheriff’s Office policy allows deputies to pursue when a forcible felony has been committed.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2026
The charges that could carry the heaviest punishment for Williams are rape, forcible penetration and lewd conduct with a minor.
—Shannon Tyler
march 20, Idaho Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026
Legal framework The forcible separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families dates back to the early days of colonization in Australia.
—Roland Martin, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forcible
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As Orbán over the past decade took a forceful stance against migrants and refugees and proclaimed himself Europe's champion of illiberal Christian democracy, Budapest became a magnet for American conservatives.—
Catherine Belton The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
6 Apr. 2026
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Those strange things in the air have gotten stranger and stranger since then, but Black Angels remains as the forceful, alarming, beautiful work that brought the form of the string quartet to relevance in a shattered time.—
Liza Lentini,
SPIN,
3 Apr. 2026
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More than a half-dozen potential candidates are speaking here to make inroads among Black leaders, one of Democrats' most powerful voting blocs.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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But in the void of space, even the tiny kick of a photon becomes a powerful engine.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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His delusion is central to why this revival is so potent.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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But Ogwumike is the kind of player whom the Sparks could build a competitive campaign around, especially playing alongside Brink in a potent frontcourt.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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For Alcantara, 30, the 2022 season was a lofty standard, a mighty oak that cracked through a time capsule to sprout in a field of saplings.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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Their 10-day mission, which began with a launch from Florida atop NASA's mightiest rocket, the Space Launch System, on April 1, is the first human flight to the moon since the Apollo 17 mission in December 1972.—
Tariq Malik,
Space.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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Oregon’s muscular Kenyon Sadiq is the top tight end prospect by a wide margin.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Apr. 2026
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The city chose a more muscular solution, raising the park and lifting the river’s edge to form a wall intended to hold back sixteen feet of surge.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Forcible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forcible. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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