mete
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They are assured they won’t need to remain in a game for as long as past pitchers who had to mete out velocity judiciously so they could finish nine innings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The case pitted McGlockton’s right to defend his family from a threatening stranger against Drejka’s right to initiate a confrontation over a parking spot and then to mete out justice according to his own whim.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2026
This handy online timer tool inspired by said technique will automatically mete out your work sprints and build in breaks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2025
They started to mete out desegregation orders with teeth, requiring busing if necessary.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024
He went so far as to hope that human justice would mete out punishment unflinchingly.
From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus
In a brief statement, the department said that it wouldn’t comment on what discipline, if any, had been meted out to the officers involved, citing state privacy law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Cherifa, who is in her sixties, was one of about 10 Malian refugees who spoke to AFP from neighbouring Mauritania about the brutal violence meted out against civilians.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
The suspended death sentences are the most severe punishment known to be meted out against disgraced generals under Chinese leader Xi Jinping, surpassing the life sentences previously announced for purged military commanders of similar rank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
"Raging" Rangers interim manager Barry Ferguson has vowed to "make changes" for the final few matches of the Scottish Premiership season after Hibernian meted out a record-breaking fifth consecutive defeat at Ibrox.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2025
Allowances were decided by the Council, which also meted out rewards and punishment.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Shew said he and other election officials will focus on meting out the state’s voting laws fairly and helping make sure the public understands them.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
Currently two separate bodies are responsible for monitoring potential money laundering and meting out sanctions, the Central Office for Sanctions Enforcement and the Central Office for Financial Transaction Investigations.
From Reuters ● Jul. 24, 2023
Price, in a statement, said De León was not telling the truth — and that he had not been invited to the “now infamous meting that brought great humiliation to City Hall.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2022
The queen was rarely witnessed publicly meting out affection or familial care.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
On the other hand, when there was no reasonable doubt of guilt no one could be more stern and unrelenting than he in meting out justice.
From Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization by Emmett J. (Emmett Jay) Scott
