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China sees Taiwan as a breakaway province, and could attempt to take the country by force or block its borders at some point in the future.
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Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
Everyone in the audience knows there’s an election on Tuesday, after which this production will, by force of context, simply have to become either tragic or triumphant for the final week of its run.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
Jon’s plan was to rope in me and Sam to tie the vote 3-3, and push the threat of rocks in order to flip Sierra over to our side by force.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2024
Adra’s filming begins in 2019 and stretches until 2023, chronicling the Israeli government’s attempt to evict the villagers by force, having claimed the land for a military training facility and firing range in 1981.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
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Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
Everyone in the audience knows there’s an election on Tuesday, after which this production will, by force of context, simply have to become either tragic or triumphant for the final week of its run.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
Jon’s plan was to rope in me and Sam to tie the vote 3-3, and push the threat of rocks in order to flip Sierra over to our side by force.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2024
Adra’s filming begins in 2019 and stretches until 2023, chronicling the Israeli government’s attempt to evict the villagers by force, having claimed the land for a military training facility and firing range in 1981.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
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“By force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20force. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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