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What Putin wants is the end of the world order the United States and its allies established 80 years ago, in which the first principle was the prohibition of acquiring territory by force.
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Claude Malhuret, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2025
President Trump himself cut Europe out of recent talks with Russia, has not ruled out taking Greenland by force from Denmark—a fellow NATO member—and sided with Moscow against U.S. allies in a United Nations vote.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
Karkar was booked at the San Francisco County Jail on charges of rape by force or violence, false imprisonment, assault with a deadly weapon, first-degree robbery, and damaging a wireless communication device.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2025
Speaking to reporters after meeting with Mr. Rubio, however, Mr. Mulino repeatedly played down the risk that Mr. Trump might seize the canal, by force or otherwise.
—Michael Crowley, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2025
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Claude Malhuret, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2025
President Trump himself cut Europe out of recent talks with Russia, has not ruled out taking Greenland by force from Denmark—a fellow NATO member—and sided with Moscow against U.S. allies in a United Nations vote.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
Karkar was booked at the San Francisco County Jail on charges of rape by force or violence, false imprisonment, assault with a deadly weapon, first-degree robbery, and damaging a wireless communication device.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2025
Speaking to reporters after meeting with Mr. Rubio, however, Mr. Mulino repeatedly played down the risk that Mr. Trump might seize the canal, by force or otherwise.
—Michael Crowley, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2025
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“By force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20force. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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