exerting

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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

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 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

Ganpatrao also took her to music directors, hoping to profit from her talent and exerting control over her, causing her great hardship, Mangeshkar told film historian Nasrin Munni Kabir.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 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