punish

Example Sentences

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On Tuesday, Liverpool failed to create enough and were punished defensively.

From BBC

The key is identifying stocks and funds that may have been overly punished despite solid longer-term fundamentals.

From Barron's

An analyst sees minimal risk to the company’s guidance and thinks shares have been overly punished by a broad selloff in the software sector.

From The Wall Street Journal

"This is the person who needs to be punished. He made a conscious decision to do this - a secretive decision."

From BBC

Fears of higher fuel costs punished airlines and cruise liners, while energy stocks clung to a weekly gain.

From The Wall Street Journal