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There is a reason so many Americans choose to develop their net worth through homeownership: It is a proven wealth builder and savings compeller.

From New York Times • May 9, 2017

This Love which she had made in his likeness, the tyrant and compeller of the world, was to her as the angel which brings perfect dreams and lets the tired sleeper visit heaven.

From Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida by Ouida

Well, you enter into agreement with the compeller of horses, alias vetturino, to go to a certain town a certain distance from Rome.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

And yet—what she had said was no doubt true; hundreds of women—of his fellow countrywomen—must silently have put their curse on one who had been the chief compeller of their misery.

From Tatterdemalion by Galsworthy, John

But for all his incalculable indebtednesses, Wagner is the great initiator, the compeller of the modern period.

From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul