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Recent Examples of exert
Felder suggested that the Beth El rabbis send out a congregation-wide e-mail offering guidance on how to respond to the humanitarian crisis—say, by directing members to relief groups or by encouraging members to contact their representatives in Congress to exert pressure on Israel.
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Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Their shapes often distort as one galaxy exerts tidal forces on the other.
—Big Think, 30 Mar. 2026
But before all that happened, when Americans were the good guys, there were other countries who were instead manipulators and who exerted undue influence over Iran.
—Daniel Thomas Potts, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
The district’s board released an 85-page report of a third-party investigation into Caleb Elliott which says Bill Elliott exerted his influence in his son’s hiring process.
—Suryatapa Chakraborty, Dallas Morning News, 28 Mar. 2026
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Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Their shapes often distort as one galaxy exerts tidal forces on the other.
—Big Think, 30 Mar. 2026
But before all that happened, when Americans were the good guys, there were other countries who were instead manipulators and who exerted undue influence over Iran.
—Daniel Thomas Potts, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
The district’s board released an 85-page report of a third-party investigation into Caleb Elliott which says Bill Elliott exerted his influence in his son’s hiring process.
—Suryatapa Chakraborty, Dallas Morning News, 28 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exert
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The Financially Distressed City Law allows home-rule municipalities in the top 5% of tax rates and the bottom 5% of tax income per capita to apply for fiscal relief via a state takeover of finances.—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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The change will not apply to customers who bought tickets before Friday, April 3, the airline said.—
Jordan Freiman,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Building and construction unions no longer can use their old rhetorical cudgel in this debate — calling prefab homes flimsy and unsafe.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Ensure your vehicle is visible to others by using low-beam headlights, which also activate your taillights.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Apr. 2026
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Military police are often the only armed personnel on base, outside of shooting ranges, hunting areas or in training, where soldiers can wield their service weapons without ammunition.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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But the proposal reportedly stalled after veto-wielding Security Council members China, Russia and France objected to the draft resolution, which would have authorized military action against Iran.—
Lim Hui Jie,Victor Loh,
CNBC,
3 Apr. 2026
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Chalker told me that his consulting firm, Global Risk Advisors, had once employed nearly two hundred people, almost all of them former military and intelligence officers.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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His poems employ numbers significant to Dine (Navajo) thought and ways of life.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Exert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exert. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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