as in pressure
the use of power to impose one's will on another
complied with the order only under duress
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Recent Examples of duress
The consequences of their resolve, exercised under duress, become visible.
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Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
But there’s a reason most defensemen don’t take the chance of sailing a backhand pass off the wall under duress.
—Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
Just as the series addresses human behavior under extreme duress and life-and-death situations, Season 2 also illustrates how easily people can inflict pain and violence on others when they are emboldened by a sliver of power.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 26 Dec. 2024
In some of Season 4’s most striking scenes—such as those involving two men who struggle with the lasting consequences of one’s childhood abuse—Guralnik helps her clients understand how coping mechanisms developed under duress can begin to undermine them.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
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Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
But there’s a reason most defensemen don’t take the chance of sailing a backhand pass off the wall under duress.
—Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
Just as the series addresses human behavior under extreme duress and life-and-death situations, Season 2 also illustrates how easily people can inflict pain and violence on others when they are emboldened by a sliver of power.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 26 Dec. 2024
In some of Season 4’s most striking scenes—such as those involving two men who struggle with the lasting consequences of one’s childhood abuse—Guralnik helps her clients understand how coping mechanisms developed under duress can begin to undermine them.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for duress
Noun
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There’s insurmountable pressure to look and dress a certain way.Shradha Shahani, Vogue, 15 Jan. 2025
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Love can improve his decision making, but a better offensive scheme can also relieve some of that pressure to perform perfectly at all times.Matt Schneidman, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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The launch date is dependent on spacecraft traffic to the ISS and in-orbit activity planning and constraints that have to be coordinated with NASA.Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2025
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Newcastle also remain bound by financial constraints, with only about £60million spent this season.Philip Buckingham, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
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Freedom refers to the absence of the initiation of physical force, the absence of compulsion and coercion.Brian P Simpson, Orange County Register, 7 Jan. 2025
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This magical compulsion forces Ella to obey any command given to her, no matter how harmful or absurd, and Ella’s cruel stepmother Dame Olga (Joanna Lumley) and wicked stepsisters Hattie (Lucy Punch) and Olive (Jennifer Higham) constantly take advantage.Travis Bean, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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Washington retains the capacity to employ economic coercion, diplomatic isolation, and even military force to quash serious efforts by developing countries to challenge U.S. preferences.Matias Spektor, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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Terrorism is considered an act that is intended to: intimidate or coerce a civilian population; influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion; or affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination, or kidnapping.Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Duress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duress. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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