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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
strongarm .
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Examples
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it appears that that the executive branch has once again strongarmed an end run around legislators by rushing a sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan.
Think Progress » Bush Refuses To Estimate Future Costs of Iraq War, Violating Federal Law 2006
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I guess, but the real world repercussions could be: violent reactions from strongarmed militia who can no longer control through withholding.
How to Make Superhero Comics Interesting Again » Comics Worth Reading 2010
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When you elect a Junior College guy President who strongarmed the Superdelagates and has made the worst decisions ever'is destroying our great Country.
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I get the impression that Lee Unkrich was strongarmed by Lasseter and Disney to make it 3D.
3D Ticket Prices Are on the Rise, Effective This Weekend | /Film 2010
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Do these comments really sway them, or are they strongarmed by Pelosi?
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Although there is no power of subpoena, those involved in South African football will be strongarmed into appearing upon pain of a misconduct charge from the South African Football Association.
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What does need to happen to avoid this situation in the future though is to undo the political pressures, and government backings that encouraged (or strongarmed) so many larger banks into issuing risky loans.
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Do these comments really sway them, or are they strongarmed by Pelosi?
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But, instead, the PM needed to be strongarmed into recognising Gurkha rights.
The Lumley effect 2009
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| Reply | Permalink barack obama and his supporters should be ashamed. they strongarmed us into his nomination. we tried to tell them america would never elect a black man and now we will all have to pay for them being so naive. this isn't star trek. this is america. white men at the helm, thank you very much!
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