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Hobson's choice [ˌhɒbsənzˈ-, Am ˈhɑ:b-] N

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It is indeed a Hobson's choice.
www.thehindu.com
It is a Hobson's choice.
www.thefifthestate.com.au
Answering that question is not a matter of Hobson's choice.
www.jamaicaobserver.com
Worse, the laws place on them a burden so onerous that a Hobson's choice pales in comparison.
www.dnaindia.com
But there's an element of Hobson's choice in this.
www.nzherald.co.nz
She was a perfect candidate to do what politicians do when faced with a Hobson's choice: approach the people and ask them for their preference.
www.thehindu.com
Homelessness may be a choice sometimes, but it's a Hobson's choice.
www.stuff.co.nz
Is it Hobson's choice, which really is nothing but the governor's; choice imposed on the appointees by subtle blackmail?
thenationonlineng.net
They always want the liberty versus security argument because it creates a Hobson's choice.
www.theblaze.com
Either way, the player has lost control of his/her own destiny, indicating the so-called choice was really a Hobson's choice.
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