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Although the above-average ocean temperatures near the coast have been primarily due to a months-long marine heat wave, El Niño is now starting to exert an influence, Swain said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

"For many months now, espionage, sabotage and extremely far-reaching attempts to exert influence have been part of everyday life."

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

Farther above, at altitudes of several hundred kilometers, traces of Earth's upper atmosphere can still exert enough drag to slow satellites.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

That kind of multibillion-dollar commitment isn’t something a company does if it intends to exert market power over suppliers or distributors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

The star would, however, continue to exert the same gravitational force on the spaceship, which would continue to orbit the black hole.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

Instead, they detect its effects through the gravitational influence it exerts on stars, galaxies, and other visible objects.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

The governor exerts much control over education priorities through the state budget.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

If one spouse exerts control and the other is disengaged or kept out of the loop, filing tax returns can inflame tensions and drive a wedge into the relationship.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026

Tsuruko, the eldest, stays largely offstage but exerts a crucial, conservative influence on family affairs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

As John Michell pointed out in his pioneering paper in 1783, a black hole still exerts a gravitational force on nearby objects.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

That stands in contrast to President Xi, who has exerted greater central control and pressed a state-driven economic policy focused on technological autonomy and strategic industries.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

The Quaker-inspired coalition also founded New York’s Strother School of Radical Attention, which offers courses and workshops on attention as a practice that, maintained and exerted, makes it easier to recognize and refuse such extraction.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

The top U.S. cities exerted their influence as centers of commerce, trade, finance and dissent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

“Change” exerted on another through force robs the receiving party of the dignity of authoring their own life path.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

But in the twenties and the early thirties, it exerted a considerable influence over much of London and the Home Counties.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

But the league forced Frank McCourt to sell the Dodgers in 2012 by exerting pressure and threatening a financial takeover or disciplinary action that would have stripped operational control.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

China gives fast-moving startups room to grow before exerting state control.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

In February 2022, Hugh, then aged 71, felt generally well but started to experience shortness of breath when he was exerting himself.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

Also exerting influence in recent elections is the district’s other largest union: Local 99 of Service Employees International Union.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

Abel Martinson stood at the end of the examination table exerting himself, Horace observed, to grow accustomed to this idea of conversing in the presence of a dead man.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson