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deforcing

verb

present participle of deforce

as in evicting

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The ordinance would require landlords to provide a valid reason before evicting a tenant or declining to renew their lease.

— Megan De Mar, CBS News, 29 June 2026
But in 2023, Kenya’s government began evicting them again, citing a new justification.

— Buket Altınçelep, The Conversation, 12 June 2026

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Mandi was in control of the ball, going nowhere fast, and there was little prospect of dispossessing him from Messi’s position.

— Jack Lang, New York Times, 17 June 2026
How a state comes to control another land and its people, sometimes slowly dispossessing the natives of their lands, sometimes laying waste to them, sometimes committing genocide.

— Philip Metres August 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025

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Ukraine’s advances in drone technology have given it an edge in recent months, analysts and Western officials say, striking supply routes behind the front line, stripping the Russian army of momentum on the battlefield and slowing its advance.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
In response, Britain imposed the punitive Coercive Acts (1774), closing Boston Harbour and stripping Massachusetts of self-governance.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 July 2026

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