Example Sentences

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The fire service has not specified exactly what problems were forcing the closure of the buildings, and original developer LPC Living told the BBC it had received "all required approvals and certification".

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2025

He said inundated fields in parts of the state were forcing some farmworkers to leave and look for work elsewhere.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2023

“We were forcing them into really tough shots, and they were just making them,” Lakers coach Darvin Ham said.

From Washington Times • Jan. 25, 2023

Last month I argued that rising interest rates were forcing Silicon Valley to undertake a significant culture change.

From Slate • Dec. 22, 2022

The narrow clay-daubed chimneys leaned as though some unseen pressure were forcing them over.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry