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President Donald Trump made a new push Monday to exert more control over the Strait of Hormuz, a global oil chokepoint that is over 7,000 miles from the U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

This means only about 1% of the ingested drug is absorbed and able to exert its effects.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026

“Additionally, we expect the worsening of the U.S. debt burden to continue to exert upward pressure on the long end of the curve,” they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

In a New York court filing, judges Kimberly Prost of Canada, Solomy Balungi Bossa of Uganda and Reine Adelaide Sophie Alapini-Gansou of Benin alleged the sanctions aimed to "exert extra-judicial pressure."

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

He or she must exert control, both physical and psychological, over everything that goes on in the shell.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

But it’s his voice that exerts the most hypnotic force, moving from defensive parry to inner rumble that takes the entire audience at the James Earl Jones Theatre into his confidence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

But as Iran exerts gatekeeping power, analysts at Lloyd’s List Intelligence say vessels are now transiting a channel between Larak and Qeshm, and hugging the Iranian coast as they head to open seas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 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

That size, along with the amount of control Beijing exerts over state banks, gives it unique capabilities.

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025

The more mass it has, the more gravity it exerts on the space around it.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

It’s impossible to overestimate the depth and singularity of influence that Roach, who died in 2007 at 83 years old, exerted on jazz, and on American culture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

According to anonymous sources quoted by the Financial Times, other directors viewed Manifold as too aggressive and believed he exerted excessive control over the company.

From Barron's ● May 26, 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

Reverting to that approach against Spurs allowed them to pick moments in which they exerted energy, attacking the box decisively when spaces opened up – as a more naturally counter-attacking side.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

They have seen the Algonkian- and Iroquoian-speaking societies they encountered in the Northeast as too different from British societies to have exerted lasting changes on them.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The Bogotá elite is used to exerting its influence in politics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

Regional mediators Qatar, Egypt and Turkey are currently said to be exerting heavy pressure on Hamas to move on disarmament.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

"It will take a long time before such economic pain forces Iran to compromise," Ingram said, explaining it is "more likely economic disruption... pushes China into exerting more pressure on Iran to negotiate".

From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026

I’m not exerting as much energy unless of course she has me come out, falling all over the floor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026

This is interesting, since a city is the most concentrated aggregation of humans, all exerting whatever influence they can bring to bear.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas