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exert pressure
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23.96 |
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But it had other ways to exert pressure. |
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exert influence
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17.58 |
|
All exert an influence. |
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exert control
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8.43 |
|
The state should not exert control over the media. |
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exert effort
|
2.83 |
|
Did he exert any effort to urge Arab states to break them? |
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exert power
|
1.97 |
|
He exerts considerable power within the family. |
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exert authority
|
1.58 |
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He exerts authority gently, but firmly. |
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exert effect
|
1.38 |
|
But genes exert their effects through the brain. |
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exert force
|
1.18 |
|
Wind exerts a force on a given area of an object. |
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exert leadership
|
0.99 |
|
Will the President capitalize on his immense popularity to exert strong leadership? |
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exert will
|
0.79 |
|
Which team will be able to exert its will, especially in the running game? |
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exert leverage
|
0.72 |
|
That is where the state has exerted its leverage. |
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exert pull
|
0.66 |
|
But London seems to exert limited pull. |
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exert energy
|
0.59 |
|
There are people who exert more energy eating a slab of ribs. |
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exert degree
|
0.39 |
|
One of these ingredients is the power to create and develop fantasy worlds over which girls can exert a degree of control. |
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exert dominance
|
0.39 |
|
Jozic fielded an offensive-minded team, but it failed to exert dominance in the midfield. |
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exert independence
|
0.33 |
|
Did he feel he had to exert his independence from Gingrich? |
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exert kind
|
0.33 |
|
But he added that each partner had signed an agreement not to exert any kind of influence over the magazine. |
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exert restraint
|
0.33 |
|
In Washington, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher urged both sides to exert maximum restraint. |
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exert discipline
|
0.26 |
|
The rosy projections made possible by the zooming economy presume and imply that fiscal discipline will be exerted. |
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exert drag
|
0.26 |
|
However, housing investment, corporate capital outlays and other weak sectors will exert a drag. |