exacted

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It is unclear if payments are being exacted under the new system.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Investor morale is now at its lowest point since December 2022, in the aftermath of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine as surging energy costs exacted a heavy toll on German manufacturers.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

Wednesday's meeting in Riyadh completed Swiatek and Anisimova's 2025 trilogy, which started with the former's stunning 6-0 6-0 triumph in the Wimbledon final, before the American exacted revenge in their US Open last-eight encounter.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

“Valley Song,” the greatest of the post-apartheid works, offers a lyrical meditation on the human cost of change, the losses exacted by progress.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2025

She went through the world and exacted an oath from everything, all things with life and without life, never to do him harm.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton