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Flooding can range from centimeters to several meters, while fast currents can exert forces equivalent to several tons per square meter against coastal structures.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

In a sport where the peloton used to pick its moments to exert energy, today's racing is "full gas from the word go" as riders try to find pace advantages in all areas of stages.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

But fortunately, the commercial tells us, we workers can exert the same kind of authority over our painkillers that our bosses exert over us.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

Dark matter exerts gravity but does not give off light, while dark energy is associated with the accelerating expansion of the universe.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026

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 inflation tracker that exerts the biggest influence on the actions of the Federal Reserve is getting a makeover just as a divided central bank weighs whether to raise U.S. interest rates this fall.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 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

Lai also said China "exerted pressure" on Japan and the Philippines during their negotiations over maritime boundaries in waters east of Taiwan.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 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

These comparisons suggest that geographic connectedness has exerted both positive and negative effects on the evolution of technology.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Malcolm quickly began exerting control over Amy's life.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said: "We are going to continue exerting pressure, and we've had very good discussions here already."

From Barron's ● Sep. 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

Bowman also said the surge in artificial-intelligence-related investment may be exerting some supply-chain pressures, but that strong productivity growth may put some downward pressure on inflation because of lower production costs in the medium term.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 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