deterrent
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Attorney Jay Clayton said in the announcement: “Today’s sentence sends a deterrent message: fraud will not be tolerated.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026
London plans to spend over 63 billion pounds to strengthen its nuclear deterrent, fund submarines and a new warhead as well as purchase 12 F-35A fighter jets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
"Today's sentence sends a deterrent message: Fraud will not be tolerated," US Attorney Jay Clayton said in a statement.
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026
It added the North's development of a war deterrent "with nuclear technology as a basis" would proceed "at increasing speed".
From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026
Like the majority of American law-enforcement officials, Dewey is certain that capital punishment is a deterrent to violent crime, and he felt that if ever the penalty had been earned, the present instance was it.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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