Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overexerting
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Independence is exerting its local authority to add some restrictions to development agreements between the city and outside agencies.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
9 Jan. 2026 -
The stringent businessman makes Marty suffer and grovel for his money, at one point exerting his power by spanking the young man’s bare bottom with a wooden ping-pong paddle.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
31 Dec. 2025
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Most of the vitriol has been aimed at the UAE, with Emiratis largely exercising restraint — and, unlike the Qatar episode, both are avoiding personal attacks on rulers (or their mothers).—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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The protagonists also have some famous hot takes throughout the book — on everything from music to exercising — which Bader, 29, and Blyth, 30, don’t necessarily agree with.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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Witnesses and local leaders have contradicted that claim, saying Good was trying to leave and steering away from the agent.—
Michael Abeyta,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Imagine trying to build a sturdy wall with bricks that keep floating away into thin air—that’s essentially what happens when cathode material dissolves in a thermal battery.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Overexerting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overexerting. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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