penalty
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The building had hosted two World Cup finals, witnessed Neymar scoring the winning penalty at the 2016 Olympics, and seen Pelé notch his 1,000th goal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
A false start penalty pushed them back to the 19 before Hufanga intercepted Stafford’s pass into the end zone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Withdrawal under any other circumstances means you get hit with a penalty - so you could get back less than you put in.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
He didn’t commit the roughing-the-passer penalty that wiped out the third-and-long incompletion and led to the Oregon score that made it 34-27.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
But in 1989, driven by a change in the Supreme Court's treatment of death penalty appeals and shifts in the political winds, the attorney general's office began vigorously seeking executions of condemned prisoners.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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He said his goal was to provide “statewide guidance” so that all or most school systems could use the money without concern over violations of spending rules that could result in financial penalties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
“Part of that is penalties, hurting ourselves,” Higbee said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
The faster they receive clemency, the less time they have to pay off their penalties.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
The 32-year-old, who will be 34 at Euro 2028, has 91 England caps and has saved four of the 14 penalties he has faced in major tournament shootouts.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
His lawyers argued that the law is arbitrary and irrational, because it imposes such vastly different penalties on two forms of the same substance.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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