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Of course, she already knew much about oppression from Miss Asthma, a crone quick to mete out punishments like “one long supperless week” when Annie sticks up for herself.

From Slate • Aug. 17, 2024

They started to mete out desegregation orders with teeth, requiring busing if necessary.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024

And yet Himes is able to garner sympathy and adulation for these two men who, within the world of Himes’s Harlem, try their best to mete out justice equally under an inherently unjust system.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2024

But the department didn’t make the footage public or mete out punishment.

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2023

They mete out justice to the world, and Tehlu is the greatest of them all—” “I have heard enough.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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