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Recent Examples of Hobson's choice
Read my lips, in a veritable Hobson's choice between person or thing, AI is a thing, for now.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 June 2022
Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Hobson's choice
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What went cruelly overlooked was the larger effect of such coercion: lasting trauma for Schneider, whose outspokenness over the years about her experience typically went unnoticed.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
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The latest findings add to a growing list of evidence of deeply rooted, widespread malpractice and coercion in what the commission called a mass exportation of children to meet foreign demand.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
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Zelensky said on Tuesday that two Chinese nationals were captured by Ukrainian forces while fighting with the Russians.—
Barak Ravid,
Axios,
9 Apr. 2025
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The regiment, part of the 70th Motorized Rifle Division—itself part of the 18th Combined Arms Army—lends critical heavy firepower to Russian forces on the left bank of the wide Dnipro River threading through Kherson.—
David Axe,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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What public programs, and civic duties and privileges, are different groups eligible for? Citizen Green-card holder Long-term visa Short-term visa No valid visa Are you allowed to vote, or run for office, in federal and state elections?—
Albert Sun,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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The administration, early Wednesday, levied a 104 percent import tax on the nation after China imposed a 34 percent reciprocal tariff on the U.S. following the president’s announcement of new duties last week.—
Tara Suter,
The Hill,
9 Apr. 2025
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Judge Kevin Brazile refused to grant CBS an injunction, finding that Sony is likely to prevail on its claim that CBS has failed to live up to its contractual obligations.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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Even very large spending cuts will not make a meaningful dent in those existing interest obligations in a single year.—
Alicia Parlapiano,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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The Chinese detainee, who Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday was taken as a prisoner of war alongside a second Chinese national, was likely speaking under duress.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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And so that would amp up pressure for families who were struggling to make payments to lose that land under duress or to sell it under duress.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Hobson's choice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Hobson%27s%20choice. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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