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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strong-arming
Noun
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Sam Smith is getting real about childhood bullying.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025 -
This creates major risks for bullying and harassment.—
Wendy Wisner,
Parents,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Indeed, one of General George Washington’s greatest achievements was to avoid being cornered and forced to capitulate to these intimidating legions in the war’s early years.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Tips for Making Coconut Cake Layer cakes can be intimidating for hobby bakers.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The lawsuit accused the company of coercing customers into signing agreements that allowed the company to act as the exclusive real estate listing agent for an undisclosed period of time.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Nov. 2025
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In one recent case, a 22-year-old man used Discord to prey on victims as young as 12 years old, coercing them into creating explicit content.—
Alex Vance,
Parents,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Unfortunately, Packers quarterback Jordan Love will go into the game without one of his top receiving threats, who came into the game with a questionable tag.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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Every team is a threat in the league.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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That cut New York’s lead to 2-1 and sent the Charlotte crowd into a frenzy, hoping for a tying score in the game’s final minutes.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Nov. 2025
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Turns out, the frenzy was all over a bear (and sometimes, a cat).—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Critiques from the American right, which lament the film’s timely depictions of a police state, immigrant internment camps and leftist revolt, read like ChatGPT essays programmed to write in the voice of Karen.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
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The film, which is Palestine’s entry for the Best International Feature category of the Oscars, tells the story of the Arab revolt against British colonial rule in Palestine in the 1930s.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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After three years of upheaval — capped by last year’s unpopular relocation to Las Vegas — the 2025 AFM marks the event’s return to Los Angeles, with a new (and hopefully permanent) home at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Century City.—
Kevin Cassidy,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Nov. 2025
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These upheavals have always caused tensions, and those tensions have shaped the American social order in many ways.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Sure, there's the hectoring of Federal Reserve officials, Chairman Jerome Powell and Governor Lisa Cook, and the attempt by the president to make the central bank another appendage of the White House.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Strong-arming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strong-arming. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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