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• Tyrese Samuel was a force down low, moving Bates at will.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Jan. 2023
• Freshman Jesse Eubanks is a force down low and can run the floor, too.
  — Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 8 Mar. 2022
• If a steep climb was detected, MCAS was designed to force down the nose of the jet.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 14 Oct. 2021
• The 6-11 Booker emerged as a force down the stretch for Cathedral on its run to a Class 4A state championship.
  — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Apr. 2022
• The 7-foot-4 Smits was a force down low and on the perimeter for years, playing all of his 12 seasons in Indiana.
  — Joel Lorenzi, The Indianapolis Star, 21 June 2022
• Key performers Eian Elmer: A force down low for Taft, the senior had 14 points and 8 rebounds.
  — Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2023
• Brionna Jones has been a consistent force down low, while Kaila Charles has had some big nights.
  — Alexa Philippou, courant.com, 8 Sep. 2020
• After a rough start to 2022, Turner re-established himself as a force down the stretch.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Dec. 2022
• The prospect of serious inflation should crush the bond market, and this would show up as a surge in bond yields as investors dump bonds and force down prices.
  — George Calhoun, Forbes, 21 June 2021
• Getzlaf could be a stabilizing force down in the lineup.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2021
• San Diego isn’t alone, with the U.S. labor force down 1.8 million fewer people than before the pandemic.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2022
• Nelson-Ododa has been a steadying force down low and is coming off four straight games where she’s reached double figures in scoring.
  — Alexa Philippou, courant.com, 22 Jan. 2022
• Along with his offensive skill, capable of playing the 4 or 5, Davis is an elite defender and can still be a dominant force down low.
  — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2022
• However, with his intimidating six-foot-eight, 249-pound frame, the man has the size and strength necessary to be a dominant force down low.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2022
• The angle this net force makes with respect to the floor is very similar to the components of a real gravitational force down an inclined plane.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 4 May 2021
• With the country’s labor force down by more than four million people and resignations at a high, employers are desperate to make hires.
  — New York Times, 3 Nov. 2021
• There appeared to be little precedent for a nation-state to use its military to force down a commercial flight for political ends.
  — Washington Post, 24 May 2021
• Combined with standard maintenance expectations of one-tenth of the fleet, this brings the U.S. submarine force down to about 30 deployable attack boats.
  — Seth Cropsey, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022
• Central banks in the West are expected to keep raising interest rates to make borrowing more expensive and force down inflation.
  — Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2022
• Last year’s budget cuts brought the District’s police force down to about 3,650 officers, below a threshold officials once considered the bare minimum.
  — Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2021
• In fact, Johnson's cheat day meals—almost always indulged in on a Sunday after a workout—have become the stuff of online legend, with fitness vloggers even taking it as a challenge to try and force down as many calories as the Rock himself.
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 4 Aug. 2022
• But the European network operators carrying all that content for its denizens face ultra-competitive markets that force down their rates.
  — Bydavid Meyer, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2023
• There is simply no way for government fiat to force down costs without harming innovation, especially at the startups and small biotechs fueled by venture capital (VC).
  — Craig Garthwaite, STAT, 23 July 2022
• In 2011 the Obama administration decided to use auctions to distribute some broadband subsidies, expecting to force down costs and increase the number of locations served.
  — Thomas W. Hazlett, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2021
• Even a short burst of inflation can unsettle investors and force down currencies, hurting companies’ and households’ ability to service debt that is often denominated in dollars or euros.
  — Tom Fairless, WSJ, 28 June 2021

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024