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Shelli, just to add, it's a pretty common misconception that the play you describe is considered a force play because, as Welpe points out, the out can be recorded by stepping on the base before the runner returns.
But in every baseball and softball rule set that I'm aware of, the definition of Force entails a runner being required to advance to the next base because the batter becomes a batter-runner. Once the batter turned batter-runner is retired (as in your case where the shortstop caught the line drive), all force plays on runners go away.
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