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Exacts in sentence

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The battle against corruption exacts a toll on ourselves, our families, our friends, and even our kids.
A woman is sexually assaulted by a group of degenerate men and systematically exacts her vicious revenge on each of them.
This short caper exacts nothing more than what it gives to the audience.
Day's one desire is to sing and to make it big in show business, and her mentor opens doors for her but at the same time exacts a terrible price from the singer.
exacts revenge by killing those who wronged him, making their deaths look accidental.sounds
For its part, Germany exacts austerity as the price of its participation in the single currency.
Social-democratic governments have been on the defensive against those who claim that redistributing wealth exacts too high a cost on economic growth, and unable to convince voters to fund yet another massive expansion of higher education.
There the scourge began in earnest; there (as elsewhere in Africa) it exacts its highest toll.
Whereas Israel notoriously exacts grim retribution for every attack on its soil, India has endured with numbing stoicism an endless series of bomb blasts, including at least six major assaults in different locations in 2008 alone.
Beyond a certain point – which most of the world is still far from having reached – the accumulation of wealth offers only substitute pleasures for the real losses to human relations that it exacts.
Exposing local industries to international competition spurs efficiency and innovation, but the resulting creative destruction exacts a substantial toll on families and communities.
Despite the successes in treating HIV/AIDS in the United States and other developed countries, it is clear that efforts to combat the pandemic must be scaled up in Africa, Asia, and other parts of the world where HIV/AIDS exacts its greatest toll.
St. John--you know him--would urge you to impossibilities: with him there would be no permission to rest during the hot hours; and unfortunately, I have noticed, whatever he exacts, you force yourself to perform.