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“It mostly functions to distract my brain from the fact that I am exerting myself and sweating profusely and would much rather not be doing those things,” she wrote in this week’s Amplifier newsletter.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2023

I am exerting every power I possess to preserve our stabilization program.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cibras,—I am exerting my utmost influence for you with my father.

From Prince Zaleski by Shiel, M. P. (Matthew Phipps)

Mamma is looking anxiously at me, as if she feared I am exerting myself too much.

From The Mother's Recompense, Volume 1 A Sequel to Home Influence by Aguilar, Grace

I am exerting myself to find such a critic," said Meding; "but I must still beg your Majesty's patience.

From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Meding, Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar