as in to force
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure
she was dragooned into agreeing to the fraudulent scheme
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Recent Examples of dragoon
Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 29 Nov. 2019
Even when earlier on three or more subgroups are doing entirely different, often intense things, the mood is controlled, involuntary, dragooned.
—Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 11 July 2018
Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 3 May 2018
The camp hands out small Confederate flags at town events and lays a wreath at the site of two monuments to the dragoons on the last Monday in April, when the state celebrates Confederate Memorial Day.
—Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2017
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Brundage was a standout quarterback and punter in high school who gave it up to play baseball at Oregon State, then was dragooned onto the 1984 football team when all the regular punters got hurt.
—Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 29 Nov. 2019
Even when earlier on three or more subgroups are doing entirely different, often intense things, the mood is controlled, involuntary, dragooned.
—Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 11 July 2018
Noun
The two companies of U.S. Army dragoons that arrived eight months before Texas joined the union in 1846 followed Republic of Texas volunteers, the Mexican army and Spaniards who established the city in 1718.
—Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 3 May 2018
The camp hands out small Confederate flags at town events and lays a wreath at the site of two monuments to the dragoons on the last Monday in April, when the state celebrates Confederate Memorial Day.
—Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2017
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Loading your audio article In January, a security camera captured unnerving footage: what appeared to be a bear had forced its way into a Rolls Royce parked outside a home in the Southern California resort community of Lake Arrowhead, gouged the seats and thrashed the interior.Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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After leading a relatively peaceful life as a farmer in northern Africa with his wife, Lucius is forced into slavery and ends up becoming a gladiator like his father.Irenie Forshaw, theweek, 13 Nov. 2024
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The novel begins in 1864 with a young man named Bird waking up from a bad dream to the sound of cannon fire and gunshots: Hundreds of U.S. Army cavalrymen are descending on his Cheyenne and Arapaho camp in what will eventually be known as the Sand Creek Massacre.Emma Alpern, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2024
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In the capital, the robed pontiff surveyed a troop of Mongolian cavalrymen clad in medieval armor.Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023
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Although Gardner has always actively volunteered through church activities, social media videos compelled her to start her advocacy work to help the homeless.Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The blood of each nation courses through the American vein and feeds the spirit that compels us to involve ourselves in the fate of this good earth.Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Nov. 2024
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The suit, which didn’t say how much White paid the Mexican plaintiffs, alleges that he was coerced into making the settlements.Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Musk has defended the giveaways, saying in a town hall that it was not meant to coerce people to register to vote.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Opal is described as a 5-pound red/brown cavapoo — a mix of a King Charles cavalier and a poodle.Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2024
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Next came a waltz between all the debutantes and their fathers, who were passed onto their cavaliers for dancing with a live band.Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2023
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Studios are legally obliged to ensure that the data contained in the financial statements for their production companies is true and accurate.Caroline Reid, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Digital Services Act, a regulation that came into force in November 2022, obliges platforms to provide access to researchers for certain projects.ByKai Kupferschmidt, science.org, 31 Oct. 2024
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The memorial pays tribute to the 19 special ops soldiers and Navy SEALS killed during Operation Red Wings in Afghanistan in 2005, including Cupertino residents Matt Axelson and James Suh.Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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That keeps casualties low, even in a land war, which is usually very deadly for soldiers and civilians.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
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The most ardent warrior on the voter fraud front has been Paxton, who has repeatedly and without evidence alleged that Democrats are conspiring with Mexican drug cartels to illegally import voters.Saul Elbein, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2024
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The entire film takes place in a marsh where two women — a mother and a daughter-in-law — make their living by murdering samurai who wander into their swampy territory and selling the warriors' armor for cash.Katie Rife, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Dragoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dragoon. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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