exerting

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 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

Researchers like Aidan Campbell, Yiyi Wang, and Michael Inzlicht, psychologists at the University of Toronto, show that exerting effort increases meaning and well-being.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

But this is not the full story of the purges, which have been driven by a leader exerting ever more control over the party and the country.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

It was as though my body until that instant had simply been lazy, as though the aches and exhaustion were all imagined, created from nothing in order to keep me from truly exerting myself.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles