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"The exact number is not known. It is certain that staff members are trapped, but it is unclear whether any members of the public are among them," NHK quoted police as saying.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

At the Los Angeles Unified School District high school where I teach, this exact type of “adjustment” is happening for the 2026-2027 school year because of declining enrollment.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026

Pina Picierno, a vice-president of the European Parliament, said at the weekend that Italian football "desperately needed a cultural, ethical and managerial revolution" but that the choice of Pirlo "goes in the exact opposite direction".

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

This exact problem arose in the recent first round of the Los Angeles mayoral race, where markets had predicted much greater success for Spencer Pratt than he actually achieved.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

Though her exact role in spirit matters remains almost entirely unknown, while in Washington, DC, Mrs. Fox didn’t control events in the séance parlor as strictly as Leah had always done.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

That all-important cold chain exacts a cost from growers and distributors as well.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026

It’s never been more challenging and expensive to live in California, a place of great bounty that often exacts in dollars and stress what it offers in opportunity and wondrous beauty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2026

Eliot’s failure at anything like full compliance with Claire’s wishes exacts a price.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

She exacts her revenge, yes, but it only makes her feel hollow.

From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2025

Maybe Bastian exacts some final vendetta; maybe Frederick goes looking for his only way out.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Shearer's debut ended in a 4-0 loss in the Charity Shield to the club he turned down, revenge exacted spectacularly with a 5-0 win at home in the Premier League two months later.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Well, there are numerous contemporaneous examples of reparation payments exacted by European states, so you tell me.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

The report defines “forced labor” as “all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself voluntarily.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026

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

His reputation as an exacting director precedes him.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

Enphase is still working on its design, but is confident it will be able to meet the tech companies’ exacting standards.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

"This action supports the welfare of American children by exacting real consequences for child support delinquency under existing federal law," the department said in a statement.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

His wool coat trailed behind him and his auburn hair was set into four exacting curls beneath a tricorn hat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

There were application forms, twenty pages long, and thick, densely printed admission handbooks from Edinburgh and London whose methodical, exacting prose seemed to be a foretaste of a new kind of academic rigor.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan