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Recent Examples of forcible
Alvin Quarles pleaded guilty in 1989 to four counts of forcible rape that occurred between 1987 and 1988 and admitted to being armed during the attacks.
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Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
The league’s replay-assist mechanism can come into play if there were no contact made at all, but not to assess how forcible the contact might have been.
—Mike Sando, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
Prosecutors wrote in a detention letter that law enforcement agents reported speaking to more than 40 women who described being victims of at least one of the brothers, and each of the brothers have been accused of forcible rape by at least 10 women.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Muller was then sentenced in 2022 to 31 years in state prison after pleading no contest to two counts of forcible rape of Huskins.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
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Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
The league’s replay-assist mechanism can come into play if there were no contact made at all, but not to assess how forcible the contact might have been.
—Mike Sando, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
Prosecutors wrote in a detention letter that law enforcement agents reported speaking to more than 40 women who described being victims of at least one of the brothers, and each of the brothers have been accused of forcible rape by at least 10 women.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Muller was then sentenced in 2022 to 31 years in state prison after pleading no contest to two counts of forcible rape of Huskins.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forcible
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Colonel Edward House was widely seen as President Woodrow Wilson's forceful backstage coach until Wilson realized that House was undermining him in the 1919 Versailles peace negotiations.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada laid out more than $100 billion in retaliatory tariffs against the United States late Saturday, in a forceful response to President Trump’s decision to impose levies on a range of Canadian goods.—
Matina Stevis-Gridneff,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2025
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While those odds of an impact are slim, astronomers are closely tracking the space rock to uncover more details — a process that could soon involve the most powerful observatory ever launched into space.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
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His motivation could be to control something very powerful or just to slow down OpenAI in order to allow XAI to improve—seize the new market opportunity—or to break up OpenAI and render his competition obsolete.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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Shakespeare spilled some of his most potent ink over the question, and while Tucker, Matthews, and their ensemble touch that potency, there remains in their Henry IV a Falstaffian portion of fierce, funny, multifaceted life still waiting to be tapped.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
12 Feb. 2025
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But given how potent this flu season has already proved to be, officials say those who have yet to be vaccinated should consider doing so.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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The small but mighty Tucson, is now in its fourth generation, which arrived in 2020.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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This small but mighty fan is powerful, with two cooling speeds and a maximum run time of 22 hours, which is great for back-to-back or long-haul flights.—
Jillian Dara,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Feb. 2025
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Akanji was taken off at half-time in the midweek Champions League loss at home to Real Madrid and was replaced by Rico Lewis, with Guardiola confirming at full-time this was due to a muscular problem.—
Sam Lee,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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Relatively obscure Thracian art, for all its muscular power and authority, is a sobering reminder of our common fragility.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Forcible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forcible. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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