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forcibly

adverb

as in strongly

in a vigorous and forceful manner the disruptive passenger was forcibly removed from the plane

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Recent Examples of forcibly According to Russia’s defense ministry, Russian forces overnight struck down 133 Ukrainian drones over Russia, the Black Sea and Crimea, the peninsula that Moscow forcibly annexed from Ukraine in 2014. — ABC News, 26 July 2026 Advertisement Activist Sonam Wangchuk was then forcibly taken to hospital after 26 days of a hunger strike meant to bring attention to protesters’ demands. — Philip Wang, Time, 25 July 2026 Less than a week into her husband Randy’s eight-week stay at an inpatient facility, their insurance company denied further coverage of the stay and he was forcibly discharged. — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 20 July 2026 Police forcibly transferred a prominent activist to a hospital in New Delhi on Saturday after his health deteriorated during a 20-day hunger strike tied to India’s Cockroach Janata Party movement for education reform. — Aijaz Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026 The initial complaint, filed on the day he was apprehended, alleged Hurtado-Cariaco forcibly resisted arrest, according to a pre-sentencing court filing by McWilliams. — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 18 July 2026 The 1978 World Cup edition was played in and won by an Argentina ruled by a military dictatorship that forcibly disappeared thousands of people. — Minky Worden, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 There have been no corrective actions, no resignations of the ADA staff who were involved—and no identification of the person(s) responsible for the decision to forcibly remove the scientists in the first place. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026 The matter of security has become a big concern around the Today show ever since Nancy Guthrie, Savannah Guthrie’s mom, was forcibly taken from her home sometime between the night of January 31 and the morning of February 1. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 17 July 2026

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That so many teams were capable of winning races showed how well the crews performed, especially considering the breeze was again blowing strongly across the Solent, around 17 knots and sometimes gusting over 20.

— Andrew Rice, New York Times, 26 July 2026
Star first baseman Bryce Harper has strongly advocated for aggressive trade deadline moves, suggesting the team acquire expensive veterans.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of strongly

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Angostura bitters Funnel Jigger or measuring cup Bring ½ cup sugar and ¼ cup water just to a boil, stirring vigorously until sugar dissolves.

— Al Culliton, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 July 2026
This means that feeding the right type of fertilizer is important to keep spiller plants growing vigorously.

— Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 22 July 2026

Definition of vigorously

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Paramount has forcefully argued that the states’ challenge is disconnected from the modern media market and that delay serves large technology platforms rather than consumers.

— Maureen Kerr, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Working in the emergency room for the first time during her internal medicine clerkship feels like encountering a tsunami, as classroom knowledge and limited clinical experiences are suddenly, and forcefully, put to the test.

— Tahneer Oksman, NPR, 23 July 2026

Definition of forcefully

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Another season-ticket holder from that first year remembered crowds being firmly in the 5,500 range.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
The decision to leave an underperforming third-party logistics provider (3PL) is usually simple enough, but contract termination fees, system integrations and inventory transfer expenses stand firmly in the way.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 23 July 2026

Definition of firmly

Adverb

So why is the industry leaning on this argument so hard right now?

— Carrie McCabe, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Dubai has been working hard to reconstruct its tourism brand since Iran launched strikes across the Middle East earlier this year, with ballistic missile and drone attacks targeting the destination.

— Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Money, 28 July 2026

Definition of hard

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Smith Galer writes powerfully about the experiences of Kichwa speakers in the Ecuadorian highlands.

— Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Zidane wanders into a pocket of unmarked space to meet an inswinging Emmanuel Petit corner and head powerfully in at the near post to give France the lead.

— Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 17 July 2026

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