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punish

[puhn-ish] / ˈpʌn ɪʃ /


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Brian Panish, the Iskander family’s attorney, told jurors in Van Nuys that they needed to award punitive damages to not only punish Grossman and Erickson, but also send a message about their conduct.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

The idea is that a future superintelligence will retroactively punish anyone who knew about its possibility and failed to help bring it into existence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Our legal system seems well prepared to scrutinize and punish their acts of self-preservation instead of examining the circumstances that made those acts necessary.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026

We argued that the government shouldn’t be allowed to punish American citizens while forbidding them from publicly disputing the accusations, aside from grave matters of national security.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

But what I really think was that she figured that if she made a big deal about me, she’d also have to punish Pet Number Three.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee




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