penalized

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Councils may be graded as requiring 'urgent improvement' and penalised in the running of their Children's Services departments under the regulator's proposals to tackle the issue.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2026

Google filed a new challenge arguing before the bloc's top court, the European Court of Justice, that the case was unfounded and that the sanction penalised innovation.

From Barron's • Jul. 2, 2026

He said the penalised vehicles were in a car park adjacent to the station in Ashburnham Road and it was managed by the council, not a private company.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

And as the pit-lane speed limit is policed by the time taken to pass through a series of timing loops over a specific distance, that meant the drivers were wrongly penalised.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

In the first five minutes Brimfield was twice penalised for off-side play.

From Left Tackle Thayer by Barbour, Ralph Henry