as in to exert
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Some exert control through violence, some through financial dominance, and others through the threat of divorce and social isolation.—
TrickleUp,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025 -
Threatening to bar or limit imports can successfully exert pressure on trading partners.—
Robert O. Keohane,
Foreign Affairs,
2 June 2025
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Throughout late life, Marianne Moore exercised her imagination on a wide range of real activities, institutions, sites, and people—including baseball fans.—
Susan Gubar
June 9,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
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Republicans have begun to investigate whether aides exercised presidential power in Biden’s name without his express permission or full awareness.—
Sarah Bedford,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2025
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So many women are overworked and overstressed and on the verge of collective burnout.—
Audrey Ingram,
People.com,
3 June 2025
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Their temporary electronic face tattoo, or e-tattoo, can read brain waves and not only detect when the ol' gray matter is overworked, but also predict when exhaustion is approaching.—
Paul McClure
May 29,
New Atlas,
29 May 2025
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This has always been an issue with AMD, Nvidia, and Intel's board partners, who try to add things like fancy cooling, lighting, or marginal overclocks to justify raising the price.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
4 June 2025
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Falling in love is a beautiful process, but try not to ignore the hurdles that come along the way.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Kapoor essays the role of a cop who has been trying to catch the thief for a long time.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Akshay Kumar plays Nair while R Madhavan essays the role of his opposing lawyer in the film.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The Stars eked out a seven-game win against the Colorado Avalanche to advance out of the first round, then took down the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Winnipeg Jets in six games in Round 2 before falling to the Oilers for a second-straight year.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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In Week 6, the Roughnecks eked out a close 21-20 win over Memphis, surviving a pair of fourth-quarter field goals from the Showboats.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 May 2025
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“Overexert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overexert. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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