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Recent Examples of Hobson's choice
Read my lips, in a veritable Hobson's choice between person or thing, AI is a thing, for now.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 June 2022
Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Hobson's choice
Noun
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Protect yourself at the first sign of coercion or impropriety.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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Agnifilo told reporters, according to ABC News and other outlets, that the sentence will be appealed and said that Subramanian used coercion as reasoning for the length of the sentence.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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He was kidnapped from the Nova festival with his partner, Noa Argamani, who was rescued by Israeli forces last year.—
Itay Stern,
NPR,
13 Oct. 2025
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Deportations force in the Midwest are being described by critics as stormtroopers.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Oct. 2025
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Officer Sydney Lewis was arrested after she was stopped for speeding while off duty and failed a field sobriety test, Little Rock police said in a news release.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Oct. 2025
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As part of these reforms, the Royal Navy impounded dozens of merchant vessels for allegedly evading customs duties, enraging merchants as well as mariners, shipwrights, stevedores, and others in port cities whose livelihoods depended on foreign commerce.—
Time,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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With potential regulatory fights to come, this is a potential boon and is a way of circumventing content quotas and other obligations that European countries want to establish.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
12 Oct. 2025
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Venus opposite Saturn can feel like an ultimatum in a relationship, a financial obligation that can’t be pushed aside, or simply coming to terms with what is no longer sustainable.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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Cleveland is sixth in pressure rate and third in sack rate, which means Carson Wentz will need to maintain his thus far unflappable performance while under duress if the Vikings are going to score.—
J.J. Bailey,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Under duress, the FCC convened an emergency meeting on the matter of Mae West.—
Thomas Doherty,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Hobson's choice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Hobson%27s%20choice. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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