exert

Example Sentences

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A failure to exert scoreboard pressure led to a snowball effect and a game that was quickly out of reach.

From BBC

Speaking on Tuesday's fourth anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that China had a "significant opportunity" to exert influence on Russia over the Ukraine war.

From Barron's

Here, Beethoven exerts a compulsion for triumphant glory.

From Los Angeles Times

The goal is to determine when and how ionospheric disturbances might exert meaningful electrostatic effects on the Earth's crust.

From Science Daily

Bloomberg has reported that regulators also are trying to determine whether Netflix has exerted leverage over creators in negotiations when acquiring programming to build its catalog.

From Los Angeles Times