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compelled

adjective as in answerable

adjective as in managed

adjective as in obligated

adjective as in obliged

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Faruq sees it when he’s compelled to help with births in the compound’s horse stables, but he also witnesses it metastasize around the humans.

Getting sober then compelled him to focus on his mental health.

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Others said they felt compelled to gamble or shop with no history of such activities.

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But then not long after, I saw the astonishing 1997 Broadway production, directed by Anthony Page and starring a blazing Janet McTeer, that compelled me to reverse course and declare Ibsen’s drama an evergreen wonder.

These included suggestions that families were "thrilled" to receive compensation from authorities, or that they were "fake victims" - to the extent that some felt compelled to prove they had lost their loved ones.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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