Strong easterly winds and tidal currents have also taken their toll on wildlife along the coast.
Worries about job and social-welfare cuts have also taken their toll on consumer confidence.
South Australian Cricket Association medical officer Terry Farquharson believes Tait's injuries have taken their toll.
Are the players tired, are they jaded, have the injuries taken their toll?
The reserves are large, but 12 years of sanctions have taken their toll on the oil industry and its infrastructure.
But years of benign neglect from officialdom have also taken their toll.
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The volatility in stock prices, recent drop in commodity prices and continued high cost of gasoline have taken their toll on investor confidence.
You see -- people seemed to have gotten a little -- I needed, as the ravages of age have taken their toll, I needed a new prescription, so I threw in new frames, as well.
Although injuries have taken their toll on Ainslie -- whose success at London 2012 earned him a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth -- he says that he has never lost his love for being on the water.
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Changes in agricultural practices and the local climate - thought to be brought about by global warming - as well as housing, industrial and transport developments have all taken their toll on good species-rich grassland in the county.
"Changes in the wider economy - including cuts by central and local government to things like concessionary fare reimbursement levels and the bus service operator's grant, have also taken their toll but despite this we do everything we can to keep fares as low as possible, " she added.
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No sooner had heavily advertised sweets and snacks taken their toll on the waistlines of those who could afford to indulge than slimming came into vogue, creating a market for dieting aids and low-fat foods as lucrative as that for the products that had caused the weight problem in the first place.
The lost sale of this dinosaur has irreparably devastated my family financially, it has cost several people their jobs, taken an emotional toll on my wife and two young children and damaged my reputation as a commercial paleontologist.
The 30 years or so of conflict in Iraq has taken its toll, Cordesman said, and "it will be years before Iraq can overcome" their effect.
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