penalty
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Deductions for Derby County in 2021, Everton in 2023-24 and Chelsea's escape with just a financial penalty earlier this year for payments to agents and clubs were also mentioned.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
She faces sentencing in September, with a maximum penalty of almost 200 years in prison — up to 20 years for each count of wire fraud and 5 years for each count of obstruction.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Arsenal pounded the ball into the penalty area, ran a complex scheme of blocks, jersey pulls, and dummy runs, and invariably, someone tall would pop up to head the ball in.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
What happened next inspired Graham – how Southgate, "who missed that penalty… broke the World Cup penalty curse".
From BBC • May 18, 2026
The penalty for violating the pass laws was thirty days in jail or a fine of fifty rand, nearly half her monthly salary.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
Vocabulary lists containing penalty
Unit 1: Telling Details
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