punish
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Under the accord, US military authorities have the primary right to investigate and punish service members in Japan when they are on official duty.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
The inevitable decision to punish Grealish, taken at high level within the club but with input and full support from Moyes, leaves him at the crossroads.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Surely, though, it must be possible to punish a company for being reckless or negligent in its use of A.I., even if no one gave an agent a prompt like “Do some crimes.”
From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026
The subterfuge made it harder for the U.S. to track the flow of oil and punish sanctions violators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
If they punish you in the morning, they know you’ll be taking care of those cows very well for the day.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
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As portrayed by an excellent Samantha Sloyan, Margaret still punishes Carrie by frequently shoving her into a prayer closet, but she’s also more grounded in her humanity.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
But banning Greek life punishes the innocent while making the guilty harder to catch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
If the North punishes the POWs' families and word spreads, it "could provoke unrest among the families of other soldiers", he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
“The same rate hike that helps a CD also punishes anyone carrying a credit-card balance.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Any system that constricts teachers—holds them to small-bore metrics, punishes them for forces outside their control, discourages their creativity and spontaneity, chips away at their humanity—is a bad system.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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But CoreWeave’s unsecured bond prices have been punished alongside its stock, suggesting it would be extremely costly or impossible to bring in more money through debt issuances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
With the scoreboard, time and a gale-force wind against Tonga, Xavier Willison punished them further when they failed to gather a short drop out.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
Companies deemed a greater risk of not repaying their debts have been punished in October.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
"This earnings season has been tough on AI players, with most getting punished against a backdrop of AI bubble and inflation fears," Anna Wu, of Floodlines Research, said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
For this base action Zeus himself punished him: he sent him to Lydia to be a slave to the Queen, Omphale, some say for a year, some for three years.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde on Wednesday urged the eurozone to adapt faster to climate change as the economic costs mount, after a summer of punishing heatwaves.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
“In a time where the market is punishing shrinking FCF, it was great to see FCF generation accelerating,” Lee said in emailed comments.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
Most want encampments gone for good, and not by locking people up or punishing them for being poor, but by genuinely helping them to be better.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
Party authorities reported punishing about 131,000 people for offenses related to policy inaction, recklessness or deceit from January to September, an 18.6% increase from the same period last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Zeus was punishing the whole camp because of me.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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