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Bloomberg has reported that regulators also are trying to determine whether Netflix has exerted leverage over creators in negotiations when acquiring programming to build its catalog.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

The Chinese government has exerted pressure in the past in an attempt to censure Badiucao’s work.

From Washington Times • Jun. 16, 2023

Neither woman would deny that their presence in New York, along with that of everyone else in their cohort, has exerted a gentrifying effect.

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has exerted a brutal toll, but also provided opportunities to deploy that genomic sequencing, along with community testing and surveillance, vaccines and other approaches.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2022

Wild cherry, the leaves of which are highly poisonous, has exerted a fatal attraction for cattle once its foliage has been sprayed with 2,4-D.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson