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Recent Examples of exert
Though both are from different sets of parents, the estranged brothers keep being brought in and out of each other’s lives due to death and other circumstances, with Ruben exerting a disturbing hold on Niall.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 7 Apr. 2026
So lunar gravity was exerting more of a pull on the spacecraft than Earth's.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
The marketplace itself is exerting no discipline whatsoever.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2026
Despite weeks of aerial strikes and crippled leadership, the regime is still standing and continues to exert control on transit through the strait.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 7 Apr. 2026
So lunar gravity was exerting more of a pull on the spacecraft than Earth's.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
The marketplace itself is exerting no discipline whatsoever.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2026
Despite weeks of aerial strikes and crippled leadership, the regime is still standing and continues to exert control on transit through the strait.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exert
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That means many rules of the road for cars also apply to equines.—
Nick Sullivan
April 9,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2026
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Instead of making the case that a city’s environmental review was inadequate, residents will now be more often forced to argue that CEQA even applies at all.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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When, in the early nineteen-hundreds, Gibson developed the F-style flat-back, inspired by the Stradivarius violin, the idea was to produce a louder instrument that could be used for classical as well as folk music, while being assembly-line-friendly.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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Orbán has used his party's current supermajority in Hungarian parliament to undermine the independence of the judiciary, crack down on independent media, demonize migrants and discriminate against LGBTQ people, Human Rights Watch has said.—
Emmet Lyons,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Veto-wielding Security Council members China and Russia objected and planned to issue an alternative resolution.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2026
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Equally dismissive of his own output, Julian hasn’t wielded a paintbrush in decades.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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An alternative theory is that Vermeer employed one of his daughters, Maria, as the model.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Hundreds of comments from users ensued on both platforms speaking out about the chef’s behavior during times when they were employed at both restaurants.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Exert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exert. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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