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• Nobody should feel compelled to be a purist, Hoadley says.
  — Tovah Martin, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
• And not to be overlooked—do not feel compelled to do all your shopping in one day.
  — Mia Taylor, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2022
• Most honorees feel compelled to make the trip to the insurance capital of the world.
  — Leo Mirani, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
• His hope is that other states feel compelled to replicate the model.
  — Angelica Mari, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2023
• Why do characters in thrillers feel compelled to return to the scenes of their worst traumas?
  — Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• Not having Jonathan Taylor is a massive blow and Richardson may feel compelled to put the team on his back.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
• Don't feel compelled to follow this list of elements to a T, says Varner.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2023
• The Fed might then feel compelled to keep borrowing rates high well into 2024 or even raise them further this year.
  — Christopher Rugaber, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Feb. 2023
• Similar to games, these apps require a steady stream of users to get hooked on samples of the programs and feel compelled to keep spending to see how the show ends.
  — Mike Isaac, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
• The officiating was bad, bad enough where someone in charge should feel compelled to act on it.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Oct. 2022
• Her siblings, for instance, might also feel compelled to stay home.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2023
• Will people who skipped the original feel compelled to go back and watch it before the new installment?
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 20 Feb. 2024
• Someone who has been more and more real in her portrayal of herself so that others might feel compelled to do the same.
  — Renee Marie Schettler, Outside Online, 14 Mar. 2023
• Someone who has been more and more real in her portrayal of herself so that others might feel compelled to do the same.
  — Renee Marie Schettler, Outside Online, 14 Mar. 2023
• News of the likely vote broke the night before Legend's discussion with the outlet, which led the musician to feel compelled to speak out.
  — Jack Irvin, PEOPLE.com, 16 May 2022
• Some actors feel compelled to pay for services that can help, typically for about $40 for a half hour with all the bells and whistles.
  — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023
• Chances are you’ll still get lost, or feel compelled to construct one of those corkboards Freddy uses to keep track of the major players.
  — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
• Some might feel compelled to spend more time and effort compliling their own returns.
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2022
• The question is, does a large enough contingency of the Actors Branch feel compelled to vote for Sandler after snubbing him in the past?
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 11 Jan. 2023
• And some art world experts believe the moral argument has gained more support, and that the industry will this time feel compelled to get on board.
  — New York Times, 23 Mar. 2022
• Fortunately, many people feel compelled to right wrongs — just not always the same ones.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
• Fortunately, many people feel compelled to right wrongs -- just not always the same ones.
  — Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, oregonlive, 15 Mar. 2023
• The Saudis hold the Palestinian leadership in low regard but feel compelled to join the rest of the Arab world in condemning Israel.
  — Bernard Haykel, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2024
• The students feel compelled to follow Eva’s example of finding strength and pride in their identity.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2023
• The students feel compelled to follow Eva’s example of finding strength and pride in their identity.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2023
• Some people feel compelled to make money, win fame, or build empires, but those were not what drove the soft-spoken but quick-witted wordsmith Mary L. Bradford.
  — Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Nov. 2022
• But in the end, the board, Ms. Redstone and Bob Bakish, the company’s chief executive, did not feel compelled to pursue any of the combinations.
  — New York Times, 29 May 2022
• Will such a move pass muster with regulators, or will come across as a challenge that regulators feel compelled to respond to?
  — Kylie Robison, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
• With that proof of effectiveness in hand, Wimer hoped, Congress would feel compelled to make the policy permanent.
  — Megan Greenwell, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2022
• In the hybrid era, when bosses feel compelled to make up for the reduction of daily chitchat, the quarterly all-hands meeting now comes with a team-building trip to the go-kart track, brewery or ballgame.
  — Callum Borchers, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024