as in compelling
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as in driving
to set or keep in motion
gasoline impels a car's engine
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as in forcing
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure
I felt impelled to tell the truth, however painful it might be
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That requires all of us to develop new ideas for a compelling future of our society.Dr. Marcus Krug, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Juror #2 , like Conclave, which opened this weekend, proves to be an exceptionally fine entertainment for adult audiences craving something compelling and engrossing — all too rare these days in bringing that discerning older audience back to theaters.Pete Hammond, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024
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But dozens of sites is a whole lot fewer than hundreds of sites and the statement is conspicuous for its lack of one thing: a deadline by which the work will be done.Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 25 Sep. 2024
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The guiding idea, as Houser saw it, would be to weaponize ICE against families in order to inflict maximum pain in the most conspicuous way.Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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Lake Turkana Flights in Northern Kenya Arguably one of the most epic helicopter safaris, this full day trip into Kenya’s Big North is filled with striking landscapes.Shaun Stanley, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
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Perhaps most striking was a 19% lower death rate from any cause.Jackie Snow, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Last month, five Republican U.S. senators returned from a trip to Hungary with a blunt declaration – that Orbán's government had displayed a noticeable shift toward Russian President Vladimir Putin.Flora Garamvolgyi, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2024
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This causes more noticeable symptoms, such as:267 Hard, waxy skin: The skin is hard to the touch and may have a waxy appearance.Lindsay Curtis, Health, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Impelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impelling. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.
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