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In his first public comments on the transaction, Ellison rejected claims that a combined media giant would exert excessive control over the market or erode newsroom independence.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

That kind of multibillion-dollar commitment isn’t something a company does if it intends to exert market power over suppliers or distributors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

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

In a complaint filed in New York, Canadian judge Kimberly Prost, Uganda's Solomy Balungi Bossa and Benin's Reine Adelaide Sophie Alapini-Gansou said the sanctions were intended to "exert extrajudicial pressure."

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 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

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

Further analysis revealed how DMTF1 exerts its effects.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 12, 2026

Tsuruko, the eldest, stays largely offstage but exerts a crucial, conservative influence on family affairs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

It requires only a small amount of water to fill the tube, but because the height is great it exerts an enormous pressure—enough to burst the barrel.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The High Court ruled Mahek's "youth and her acknowledged immaturity were given far too little weight", and should have "exerted a substantial downward pressure on the minimum term".

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 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

But he ultimately blocked the deal on the theory that Spirit’s ultralow-cost model exerted downward pressure on fares.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

When others took up European intellectuals’ books and histories, images of Indian freedom exerted an impact far removed in time and space from the sixteenth-century Northeast.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The franc’s strength over the past several months is likely exerting downward price pressure on some goods imports, counteracting the effects of higher energy prices, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

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

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

My head throbs, and I feel woozy from exerting myself.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman