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Recent Examples of extort
Now, lawyers for Baldoni are alleging Lively’s legal team tried to extort support from Swift.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 May 2025
That laid the groundwork for Iran to retain the capability to continue to use its nuclear program to extort the United States and ultimately build a nuclear weapon.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 12 May 2025
Since then, the Club Shay Shay host and his legal team have vehemently denied the allegations and claimed the Jane Doe set up the entire situation with a plan to extort him for $50 million.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 5 May 2025
The charges come after police said a victim reported that Fitzpatrick allegedly extorted them.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 May 2025
That laid the groundwork for Iran to retain the capability to continue to use its nuclear program to extort the United States and ultimately build a nuclear weapon.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 12 May 2025
Since then, the Club Shay Shay host and his legal team have vehemently denied the allegations and claimed the Jane Doe set up the entire situation with a plan to extort him for $50 million.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 5 May 2025
The charges come after police said a victim reported that Fitzpatrick allegedly extorted them.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extort
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Defense attorneys for the juvenile defendants, Matthew Niemiec and Mark Grier, said the suspects were coerced into the alleged crime.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2025
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Scammers often ask for money or coerce their victims into performing harmful acts.—
Nicole Valdes,
CBS News,
31 May 2025
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In some towns, utility poles were removed so the caravans could squeeze through.—
Angela Jackson,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Hundreds of people squeezed into the Jewish Community Center in Boulder, Colo., for a vigil that featured prayer, singing and emotional testimony from a victim and witnesses of the firebombing attack in the city’s downtown, after a federal judge blocked the deportation of the suspect’s family.—
Colleen Slevin,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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Some spin mops come with a two-tank system to keep clean water and dirty water separate, and some mop buckets have a foot pedal to use for wringing rather than a pumping motion.—
Amanda Ogle,
Southern Living,
28 May 2025
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August is the worst parts of summer concentrated and then wrung out over the course of more than four sweaty, sticky weeks.—
Bryan Walsh,
Vox,
26 May 2025
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After losing to the Florida Panthers in the 2024 Stanley Cup Final, the Edmonton Oilers have a shot at exacting their revenge.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
4 June 2025
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As Manchester United pundit Gary Neville said in 2020, the methodology had been exacting.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Just three games into Barca’s eventually successful attempt to wrest back the La Liga title from bitter rival Madrid, however, the teenager rupture his ACL and was ruled out for the rest of the term.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Charlie Hunnam plays Arthur, who must rise to glory Gladiator style after his evil uncle (Jude Law) wrests away control of the kingdom following his dad’s killing.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
27 May 2025
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“Extort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extort. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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