as in to intimidate
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Ryan Thornton, 37, of Racine, was initially charged in October in Dane County with stalking and misdemeanor counts of intimidating a victim and disorderly conduct.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026 -
Salerno claims her team was disqualified from the following meet, and then began to face intimidating stares from the trans athlete at public events.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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The administration’s apparent plan to resolve this difficulty is to shame or browbeat members of the artistic community into performing there.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
30 Dec. 2025
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The president touted his efforts to slash the amount of fentanyl pouring into the U.S., including browbeating China, Mexico, and Canada into decreasing the amount of fentanyl being smuggled across the border.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Dec. 2025
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For the second game running, Omari Hutchinson was too easily bullied off the ball in a dangerous area.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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Though the basics are similar, the improvements and extras combine to bully its predecessor into storage, and the Roadie 4 now has pride of place in the accessories cubby of my guitar's travel case.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 Jan. 2026
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Russia’s drones target the Ukrainian army’s supply routes and rear bases, often threatening to cut off units on the front lines.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
1 Feb. 2026
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Much of the group later dispersed after they were threatened with arrest by local law enforcement for blocking the road.—
KIMBERLEE KRUESI,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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No one was cowed by the threat.—
Katherine Packert Burke,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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School curriculums were sanitized; the press was cowed.—
Eve Fairbanks,
The Dial,
27 Jan. 2026
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Like many at the ride, Chance Gordon, 28, a Riverwest resident, believes ICE and other federal agents have gone too far and are terrorizing citizens.—
La Risa R. Lynch,
jsonline.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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As a response to ICE agents terrorizing Minnesota, and America, many people (including plenty of celebrities) are calling for a nationwide shutdown and protests today.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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The uncle alleged that the donations made by Yamagami’s mother, which by then totalled seven hundred thousand dollars, had been coerced.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Don't let somebody coerce you into scanning them up on the floor, because everybody's trying to get to Coach Prime.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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These bad bills —- and a handful of others — represent the worst kind of nostalgia, a push to return to a time when developers could bulldoze trees and fill in wetlands to build their monuments to greed.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Jan. 2026
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Kinnard lowered his shoulder and bulldozed over Jackson.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Arm-twist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arm-twist. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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