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Karkar was booked at the San Francisco County Jail on charges of rape by force or violence, false imprisonment, assault with a deadly weapon, first-degree robbery, and damaging a wireless communication device.
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Stepheny Price, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2025
Speaking to reporters after meeting with Mr. Rubio, however, Mr. Mulino repeatedly played down the risk that Mr. Trump might seize the canal, by force or otherwise.
—Michael Crowley, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2025
Palestinian residents swarmed the vehicle transporting the hostages to Red Cross personnel, and some even attempted to reach the car by force.
—Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 29 Jan. 2025
And of course, backing out of a decades-old deal and trying to wrest the canal back by force from an ally would be a propaganda goldmine for Russia and China which have both called for maintaining neutrality in the canal.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
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Stepheny Price, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2025
Speaking to reporters after meeting with Mr. Rubio, however, Mr. Mulino repeatedly played down the risk that Mr. Trump might seize the canal, by force or otherwise.
—Michael Crowley, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2025
Palestinian residents swarmed the vehicle transporting the hostages to Red Cross personnel, and some even attempted to reach the car by force.
—Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 29 Jan. 2025
And of course, backing out of a decades-old deal and trying to wrest the canal back by force from an ally would be a propaganda goldmine for Russia and China which have both called for maintaining neutrality in the canal.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
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“By force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20force. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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