Sentence examples for forcing world from inspiring English sources

Airline hijacking turned out to be a brilliant tactic, forcing world opinion to take note of the Palestinian drama.

In the 1984 title match he wore the reigning champion down psychologically, forcing world chess officials to call off the match – apparently to save the latter's reputation.

MEXICO CITY — Three months after he was expelled in a dawn coup, the deposed president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, sneaked back into his country on Monday, forcing world leaders gathered in New York to refocus their attention on the political stalemate to the south and presenting a new challenge to the de facto government.

The G8 summit, accompanied by the Live 8 concert organised by Bob Geldof, put the issue of international aid for Africa back on to the international agenda, forcing world leaders to make a series of commitments on debt relief, aid and malaria.

In countries where systemic subjugation and deprivation is run-of-the-mill, individuals using the power of social media are showcasing to the world the gross negligence of their government(s) and forcing world leaders to respond.

The global self-preservation instinct must finally force world leaders to resume serious negotiations with ambitious goals.

And even that lower goal lacks an implementation plan with teeth to force world leaders to comply.

"The statistics in the World Bank report are suitably shocking and I hope they force world leaders to sit up and take notice," said Mohamed Adow of Christian Aid.

As my colleague Jackie Calmes reported, President Obama decided not to force world leaders attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Honolulu over the weekend to wear Hawaiian shirts.

The very fact that Thursday's meeting is taking place at all has forced world leaders to address problems they might have preferred to ignore.

The snowfall was also a welcome sight in Colorado, where warm weather forced World Cup officials to cancel or reschedule ski races earlier this week.