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have forced

  • present perfect of force.

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In addition to the hazardous smoke extending across to the US, wildfires in northern Ontario have forced dozens from local First Nations communities to evacuate, with videos showing some fleeing the remote area by boat.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Those high temperatures have forced organisers of a public World Cup watch party in Toronto for the Portugal and Croatia match.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

London officials have forced homeowners to remove air conditioning because they haven’t resorted to other cooling methods, such as ceiling fans.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

Among them: The bill the Senate passed would have forced investors in newly built rental homes to sell them within seven years.

From Barron's Jun. 16, 2026

“You’ve lost your legal basis,” Rick said, “by firing on me. You should have forced me to give you the Voigt-Kampff test. But now it doesn’t matter.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick