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Former police officer Bridie Anderson, who now supports victims of police-perpetrated abuse, says officers can use the trust and authority that comes with their badge to exert power over victims.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

“We felt Billy was trying to exert a lot of control over the process, and it sort of caused our communication to break down a little bit,” Fielder said during a Q&A after the screening.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Although these hormones normally exert opposing effects, their coordinated activity during this stage contributes to increased growth hormone release.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

It is also a testament to the positive influence that pets can exert on their owners’ interiorities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

She issued orders in a confidential whisper, “I want no noise, please. Your Chief must have complete rest. Don’t let him exert himself when he wakes. Now you’ll have to excuse me.”

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

The southern hemisphere contains more of the planet's ocean water than the northern hemisphere and so exerts a bigger influence on average sea temperatures.

From BBC ● 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

In a study published in Immunity, the team showed that TL1A exerts much of its influence through a group of immune cells in the gut called ILC3s.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 25, 2026

Reality only exerts its pressure through the needs of everyday life—the need to eat and drink, to get shelter and clothing, to avoid swallowing poison or stepping out of top-story windows, and the like.

From "1984" by George Orwell

However, the team found that fibrin could quickly shrink under the forces exerted by contracting muscle cells, limiting the effectiveness of the resulting movement.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

The judge said Marimi's allegations "at best suggest that US government officials exerted pressure on Libyan officials to facilitate a rendition, not that US government officials directed or controlled the challenged conduct."

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Morgan was at the center of a web of banks and industrial enterprises that exerted unprecedented control over the country’s commerce.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

Cohn never held any public office, or exerted any measurable political influence, either in New York or Washington.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

The bombers opened their bomb bay doors, exerted a miraculous magnetism which shrunk the fires, gathered them into cylindrical steel containers, and lifted the containers into the bellies of the planes.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

And changing the behavior isn’t necessarily about exerting more willpower or coming up with a better system.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

"Seeing a substantial increase in repetitions without the athletes feeling like they were exerting themselves any harder is a fascinating psychobiological outcome."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

"We are going to continue exerting pressure, and we've had very good discussions here already," Bessent told reporters Monday, a day after renewed exchanges of fire with Tehran.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

She ate and drank what would be expected of someone exerting herself to the nth degree.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

While we idled the months away, exerting our efforts to watch over a city of embers and stones, Boston is fallen to the rebels.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson