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“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

"There's always a lot of lobbying, and ultimately perhaps also attempts to exert pressure on the committee," the secretary of the Nobel committee, Kristian Berg Harpviken, told AFP in an interview.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Besides, even if peers exert so much influence on a child, isn’t it the parents who essentially choose a child’s peers?

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

Instead, they detect its effects through the gravitational influence it exerts on stars, galaxies, and other visible objects.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 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

Former Mexican and American security officials note that while the February confrontations exposed how little control the government exerts over parts of Jalisco, the cartels understand the economics of the moment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 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

We got you!” quarterback Ty Dieffenbach said — exerted its will and outscored the Spartans 14-0 in the third quarter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

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

It was “an excruciating experience,” one person present said, and a signal how little influence America’s closest allies, even traveling as a collective, exerted with the administration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

All these effects that continental differences in area, population, ease of diffusion, and onset of food production exerted on the rise of technology became exaggerated, because technology catalyzes itself.

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

In its core regions, Indigenous communities became organized into political hierarchies, with powerful chiefdoms exerting influence over surrounding settlements.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

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

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

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman