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Examples
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US units are forced to patrol without adequate weapons and the poor CO here has a hobson's choice, let his men carry AK's and risk fratricide or walk around with berettas and commit suicide.
THE NEWS BLOG 2003
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So the government is left with a hobson's choice between price hike and oil bonds.
The Economic Times 2010
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planet.journals.ie 2009
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The phrase was still well enough known in the 20th century for "hobson's" to be adopted then as Cockney rhyming slang for "voice".
unknown title 2009
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The choice has risks either way and when I don't like being forced to make a hobson's choice, I prefer to make none.
Tyee - Home 2009
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