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Ultimately, the test will come down to whether Xi is actually able to exert any real influence on Putin, especially in terms of ceasing the war. – Vladimir Putin	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I would recommend if [Trump] asked me that he should take an active role in defending himself, the average citizen can't exert executive privilege, I think the president of the United States and, you know, certainly Donald Trump could, and I think that issue needs to be adjudicated. So I think there is a role for the special master. – Attorney General Matt Whitaker	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The question is, why does (Fuentes) feel the need to exert pressure over people in her community and control the flow of their ballot to the ballot box, that's the issue of public integrity here. – Assistant Attorney General Todd Lawson	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
We are in what can be described as a hybrid war, russia uses energy resources like it does food as a war weapon to exert pressure. – Emmanuel Macron	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
What's at stake is not simply, as important as it is, Ukraine's territorial integrity, sovereignty, independence but very basic principles that have, in a hard-fought way after two World Wars and a Cold War, undergirded security, peace and prosperity for countries around the world -- principles like one country can't simply change the borders of another by force ; principles like one country can't simply dictate to another its choices, its policies, with who it will associate ; principles like one country can't exert a sphere of influence to subjugate its neighbors to its will, if we allow those principles to be challenged with impunity, even if it's half a world away in Europe, that will have an impact here as well. – Antony Blinken	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Buyers continued to snap up available homes, as for-sale listings only lasted 18 days on the market, this swift competition continues to exert upward pressure on sales prices, overall home price growth, and is impacting prospective first-time buyers. – Joel Kan	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We’re leading the nation in fighting back against this absurd federal overreach, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, workers who are employed by a federal contractor make up one-fifth of the entire labor market. If the federal government attempts to unconstitutionally exert its will and force federal contractors to mandate vaccinations, the workforce and businesses could be decimated, further exacerbating the supply chain and workforce crises. – Eric Schmitt	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
(Japan-China) summit meetings should be held regularly, perhaps, we should tell the Chinese leadership to exert their power as one of players in the international order, not in the way of expansionism. – Taro Kono	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
The Pro started tracking the issue of low-wage worker misclassification a couple years ago when AB-5 was moving forward in the California legislature, pretty quickly The Pro zeroed in on Handy... because they seemed to exert significantly more control over their workers than some of the other companies in the market. – Montoya Tansey	Found on CNN 2 years ago
That's the reason why we and other rich countries have to exert what I think is a moral responsibility to help the rest of the world get this under control, a year from now we'll be in really much better shape than we are now, but there'll be other countries that won't be. The quicker we get the rest of the world protected, the more secure will our protection be. – Anthony Fauci	Found on CNN 2 years ago
A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving. A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be. – Albert Einstein	added by anonymous 3 years ago
No one should think that they have any monopoly powers to exert their bad decisions on us. – Daniel Suidani	Found on CNN 3 years ago
We will exert all efforts to look after our infected personnel and care for their family members. – Mei Chia-shu	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Our experience with coronavirus has exposed some glaring gaps in our nation's capacity to respond to a pandemic, and it is critical that we are better prepared to coordinate global responses and exert leadership to address future health threats. – Mitt Romney	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The people of the U.S. owe their Independence & their liberty, to the wisdom of descrying in the minute tax of 3 pence on tea, the magnitude of the evil comprised in the precedent. Let them exert the same wisdom, in watching against every evil lurking under plausible disguises, and growing up from small beginnings. – James Madison	added by Normando 4 years ago
Frank and Jon are great lawyers. The only reason Rudy Giuliani was needed as well was to exert leverage with Barr. – Spain Parnas	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We believe that this is a step forward to reinforce the dissuasive capacity that the labor inspectorate must exert for employers who deliberately and irresponsibly breach their obligations and affect the health of our workers. – Labor Sylvia Caceres	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We will exert pressure on the government by all possible constitutional means. – Elene Khoshtaria	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The pseudothumb is definitely more than just a nub, it has both a bone and cartilaginous extension and three distinct muscles that move it. The pseudothumb can wriggle in space and exert an amount of force equivalent to almost half the aye-ayes body weight. So it would be quite useful for gripping. – Adam Hartstone-Rose	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
The Mercosur agreement ... gives us possibilities and means to exert pressure to influence things on the ground (in Brazil). – Heiko Maas	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
It's getting to the point where we can't even do our own jobs. And I think it is entirely appropriate, given this overwhelming amount of evidence and the continued actions from the executive branch, that we exert our power as a co-equal branch of government. – Democratic Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
War, what is it good for? With the same socialist elites backing both sides, it's good for business. It's good for creating chaos and destruction. It's good for launching new global organizations, in the aftermath; organizations that exert a level of control and reach that didn't exist before. It's good for launching organizations like the United Nations and the European Union and the World Trade Organization--dedicated to Globalism, which in turn is dedicated to planned civilization, in which the individual is demeaned and the group is All. Freedom is demeaned; and dominance by the few over the many is hailed as peace in our time. – Jon Rappoport	added by Normando 5 years ago
It is a sad decision that will disproportionately affect Ethiopia and Kenya, as well as East Africa as a whole, some Asian countries have also been making strides in middle- and long-distance. At a time when the (governing) body needed to exert its maximum effort to boost athletics worldwide, it has taken a decision that is tragic and unfair. – Ethiopian Haile	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
If users didn't think Facebook and its messaging apps were all the same company, they will have to confront that reality now, knitting the messaging apps together shows that Facebook wants to exert more control over them, and that may lead to more internal executive conflict. – Debra Aho Williamson	Found on CNN 5 years ago

Ultimately, the test will come down to whether Xi is actually able to exert any real influence on Putin, especially in terms of ceasing the war.

– Vladimir Putin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I would recommend if [Trump] asked me that he should take an active role in defending himself, the average citizen can't exert executive privilege, I think the president of the United States and, you know, certainly Donald Trump could, and I think that issue needs to be adjudicated. So I think there is a role for the special master.

– Attorney General Matt Whitaker

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The question is, why does (Fuentes) feel the need to exert pressure over people in her community and control the flow of their ballot to the ballot box, that's the issue of public integrity here.

– Assistant Attorney General Todd Lawson

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We are in what can be described as a hybrid war, russia uses energy resources like it does food as a war weapon to exert pressure.

– Emmanuel Macron

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

What's at stake is not simply, as important as it is, Ukraine's territorial integrity, sovereignty, independence but very basic principles that have, in a hard-fought way after two World Wars and a Cold War, undergirded security, peace and prosperity for countries around the world -- principles like one country can't simply change the borders of another by force ; principles like one country can't simply dictate to another its choices, its policies, with who it will associate ; principles like one country can't exert a sphere of influence to subjugate its neighbors to its will, if we allow those principles to be challenged with impunity, even if it's half a world away in Europe, that will have an impact here as well.

– Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Buyers continued to snap up available homes, as for-sale listings only lasted 18 days on the market, this swift competition continues to exert upward pressure on sales prices, overall home price growth, and is impacting prospective first-time buyers.

– Joel Kan

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We’re leading the nation in fighting back against this absurd federal overreach, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, workers who are employed by a federal contractor make up one-fifth of the entire labor market. If the federal government attempts to unconstitutionally exert its will and force federal contractors to mandate vaccinations, the workforce and businesses could be decimated, further exacerbating the supply chain and workforce crises.

– Eric Schmitt

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

(Japan-China) summit meetings should be held regularly, perhaps, we should tell the Chinese leadership to exert their power as one of players in the international order, not in the way of expansionism.

– Taro Kono

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

The Pro started tracking the issue of low-wage worker misclassification a couple years ago when AB-5 was moving forward in the California legislature, pretty quickly The Pro zeroed in on Handy... because they seemed to exert significantly more control over their workers than some of the other companies in the market.

– Montoya Tansey

Found on CNN
2 years ago

That's the reason why we and other rich countries have to exert what I think is a moral responsibility to help the rest of the world get this under control, a year from now we'll be in really much better shape than we are now, but there'll be other countries that won't be. The quicker we get the rest of the world protected, the more secure will our protection be.

– Anthony Fauci

Found on CNN
2 years ago

A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving. A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

– Albert Einstein

added by anonymous
3 years ago

No one should think that they have any monopoly powers to exert their bad decisions on us.

– Daniel Suidani

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We will exert all efforts to look after our infected personnel and care for their family members.

– Mei Chia-shu

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Our experience with coronavirus has exposed some glaring gaps in our nation's capacity to respond to a pandemic, and it is critical that we are better prepared to coordinate global responses and exert leadership to address future health threats.

– Mitt Romney

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The people of the U.S. owe their Independence & their liberty, to the wisdom of descrying in the minute tax of 3 pence on tea, the magnitude of the evil comprised in the precedent. Let them exert the same wisdom, in watching against every evil lurking under plausible disguises, and growing up from small beginnings.

– James Madison

added by Normando
4 years ago

Frank and Jon are great lawyers. The only reason Rudy Giuliani was needed as well was to exert leverage with Barr.

– Spain Parnas

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We believe that this is a step forward to reinforce the dissuasive capacity that the labor inspectorate must exert for employers who deliberately and irresponsibly breach their obligations and affect the health of our workers.

– Labor Sylvia Caceres

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We will exert pressure on the government by all possible constitutional means.

– Elene Khoshtaria

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The pseudothumb is definitely more than just a nub, it has both a bone and cartilaginous extension and three distinct muscles that move it. The pseudothumb can wriggle in space and exert an amount of force equivalent to almost half the aye-ayes body weight. So it would be quite useful for gripping.

– Adam Hartstone-Rose

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

The Mercosur agreement ... gives us possibilities and means to exert pressure to influence things on the ground (in Brazil).

– Heiko Maas

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It's getting to the point where we can't even do our own jobs. And I think it is entirely appropriate, given this overwhelming amount of evidence and the continued actions from the executive branch, that we exert our power as a co-equal branch of government.

– Democratic Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

War, what is it good for? With the same socialist elites backing both sides, it's good for business. It's good for creating chaos and destruction. It's good for launching new global organizations, in the aftermath; organizations that exert a level of control and reach that didn't exist before. It's good for launching organizations like the United Nations and the European Union and the World Trade Organization--dedicated to Globalism, which in turn is dedicated to planned civilization, in which the individual is demeaned and the group is All. Freedom is demeaned; and dominance by the few over the many is hailed as peace in our time.

– Jon Rappoport

added by Normando
5 years ago

It is a sad decision that will disproportionately affect Ethiopia and Kenya, as well as East Africa as a whole, some Asian countries have also been making strides in middle- and long-distance. At a time when the (governing) body needed to exert its maximum effort to boost athletics worldwide, it has taken a decision that is tragic and unfair.

– Ethiopian Haile

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

If users didn't think Facebook and its messaging apps were all the same company, they will have to confront that reality now, knitting the messaging apps together shows that Facebook wants to exert more control over them, and that may lead to more internal executive conflict.

– Debra Aho Williamson

Found on CNN
5 years ago

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