forced entry
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forced entries
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There was no sign of forced entry, though.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
On Monday, Bedfordshire Police forced entry into an address on Carnoustie Drive, Great Denham, after receiving reports the family had not been seen for several days.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
The sources, who were not authorized to discuss the case publicly, said there were signs of forced entry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026
Few signs of forced entry were visible on Sunday at the singer's home apart from a broken doorknob, an AFP journalist observed.
From Barron's ● Nov. 17, 2025
I took a self-guided tour of the downstairs rooms just to make sure that no stone had been left unturned, that no obvious forced entry had been missed.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
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