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Earlier this week, Ingebrigtsen had exacted a modicum of revenge over American Cole Hocker by winning the 1500m at the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2024

By then, the virus had exacted a deadly toll.

From Washington Times • Jan. 2, 2021

But as he warily scrutinized the other patrons at a cheerful diner near a Virginia naval base, I could see that the experience had exacted a toll.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2020

Assad “negotiated tenaciously and daringly like a riverboat gambler to make sure he had exacted the last sliver of available concessions,” Kissinger recalled in his memoir, “Years of Upheaval.”

From The New Yorker • Apr. 11, 2017

Up close, it was plain the burden of so many souls had exacted its toll.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead