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Recent Examples of extort
And if love is in the air, do not pick up your smartphone to send a provocative shot to someone that can be later used to embarrass you or extort money from you.
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Susan Tompor, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
There had been tension between Bo Nagar’s force and the local PDF units since last year over his BNRA fighters allegedly extorting money at road checkpoints.
—ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
Nicole Curtis, the former HGTV star whose Rehab Addict show was canceled after a video surfaced of her using a racial slur, is now claiming she was being extorted.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2026
Dearing’s refusal to be extorted out of his home was nearly met with destructive violence.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026
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Susan Tompor, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
There had been tension between Bo Nagar’s force and the local PDF units since last year over his BNRA fighters allegedly extorting money at road checkpoints.
—ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
Nicole Curtis, the former HGTV star whose Rehab Addict show was canceled after a video surfaced of her using a racial slur, is now claiming she was being extorted.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2026
Dearing’s refusal to be extorted out of his home was nearly met with destructive violence.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extort
Verb
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However, in early 2026, Banegas claimed his attorneys coerced him into pleading guilty and sought to change his plea.—
Joan Murray,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Two similar situated individuals, both coerced to commit a murder have a different sentencing structure.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
3 Mar. 2026
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Gasoline prices have raced closer to $4 per gallon during the war, squeezing many household budgets that are already under pressure.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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Research budgets were gutted, marketing hollowed out, suppliers squeezed.—
Paul Polman,
Fortune,
14 Mar. 2026
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That musical teamwork yielded an abundance of wonderful moments — Ekaterina Gubanova gorgeously wringing her hands as Brangäne; Tomasz Konieczny’s Kurwenal watching over his old friend with a mixture of anger, empathy, and vocal elegance; Ryan Speedo Green’s reliably majestic turn as King Marke.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2026
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Dip a clean sponge or microfiber cloth into the water, and wring out any excess moisture.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
1 Mar. 2026
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But the drug war had exacted a heavy toll in his diocese.—
Sheila Coronel,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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The statement signaled a willingness to continue the war that has disrupted global energy supplies, international travel and the relative safety enjoyed by the Gulf Arab states, and which has also exacted a heavy toll on Iran’s leadership, military and ballistic missile program.—
Natalie Melzer,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026
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Prasad and top drug regulator Tracy Beth Høeg have wrested control of vaccine surveillance from career staff.—
Lizzy Lawrence,
STAT,
6 Mar. 2026
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In 2012, Manbij became one of the first Syrian cities to wrest itself from the tyranny of the dictator Bashar al-Assad.—
Anand Gopal,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Extort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extort. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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