intimidation

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intimidation
Noun
  • Choosing to be bold and to fight fear is not the easy choice.
    Mitchell W. Berger, Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2025
  • By the end of the month, Mercury will clash with Pluto retrograde, forcing intense conversations that bring hidden fears around your work environment and culture, or past experiences that need to be dealt with to the surface.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • This watch is in effect until 10 p.m. What to do as threat of lightning approaches?
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 June 2025
  • If President Trump makes good on his threat to shift disaster response to the states, Florida and other states on the front lines of climate change will be the first to suffer.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • The funds were then guided by an investment plan adopted by the city last September to support youth and youth violence prevention programming to nonprofits and public entities.
    Olivia Cyrus, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2025
  • In the wake of this violence, California's feckless Democrat leaders have completely abdicated their responsibility to protect their citizens.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • This era demonstrated how hegemony involves more than coercion.
    Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 30 May 2025
  • Ventura Fine finally came forward in November 2023, filing a lawsuit alleging that Combs kept her locked in the abusive relationship through frequent beatings, coercion, control over her career and blackmail.
    Josh Meyer, USA Today, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • Our heavily armored alien menace starts taking out drug cartel goons and making a mess, and a couple of cops (Danny Glover and Bill Paxton) plus an unhinged DEA agent (Gary Busey) are on the case to investigate.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 7 June 2025
  • Read more: Vikings Receive Another Head-Turning Aaron Rodgers Update Justin Jefferson is an absolute menace at the wide receiver position.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • In the trailer, LAPD detective Mark Meachum (Ackles) is recruited to be part of an elite team tasked with preventing a large scale terror attack in Los Angeles.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 28 May 2025
  • Hamas and other militant groups kidnapped 251 people from Israel during the October 7, 2023 terror attacks.
    Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • The big picture: Monday's incident in Liverpool, northwest England, which injured 65 people gathered to watch players parade their English Premier League trophy, is not being treated as terrorism, according to police.
    Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 28 May 2025
  • But other factors may also be at play – including the fact that terrorism was quickly ruled out as a motive, removing some sensibilities around the information that is made public.
    Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • One of the ways that happened, Lam said, came in the form of U.S. political pressure on foreign governments or private industry to negotiate mutually beneficial agreements between Indigenous peoples and their governments.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 June 2025
  • The budgetary pressures caused by $20.5 million in player compensation will cause schools to redirect all available cash.
    Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2025
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“Intimidation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intimidation. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.

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