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But the Western States Petroleum Assn. trade group opposes that, saying it would penalize California refiners that have already invested in making the cleaner fuel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Only Charles Schwab won’t penalize traders for selling on the first day, but Schwab clients have to be pretty big players to get any shares.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

Fidelity Brokerage Services—one of the five brokers allocated retail shares of the IPO—will penalize investors who sell their SpaceX stock within 15 calendar days of the stock’s debut, according to the firm’s website External link.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

“I think it was a deliberate choice to penalize a journalist for refusing to sanitize accurate reporting,” Alfonsi told the New York Times of her firing.

From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2026

It also forbade the use of federal funds for anything that discriminated against anyone, and authorized the federal government to enforce the integration of schools and penalize schools that didn’t comply.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

They recently ratcheted up a revenue-based business-and-occupation tax that penalizes growth and profitability.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Lockwood hears from parents who wonder if saving for college penalizes them when it comes to financial aid.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026

It’s similar to California’s Advanced Clean Cars program, which doesn’t require consumers to buy electric vehicles, but penalizes manufacturers if they don’t phase out sales of gasoline and diesel cars and light trucks by 2035.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2025

This penalizes players who enter the transfer portal and leave.

From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2024

The system may perhaps prove commercially remunerative, but it penalizes the producers of the better growths in order to provide a livelihood for the growers of inferior and unmarketable kinds and protracts an abnormal situation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

And if wealthy foreigners stick around long enough, they’re penalized for it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Regulators often inquire about internal controls on information and have penalized banks when they have found lapses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

That means if you’re hoping to trade shares of SpaceX purchased at the IPO price as soon as you get them, you may be penalized.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

China’s market has lagged and Beijing recently penalized brokers that let mainland investors buy stocks abroad.

From Barron's ● May 31, 2026

Those who protested could be penalized under the 1917 Espionage Act, which made it a crime to interfere with the draft or encourage “disloyal” acts.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

“Meta still has the most call optionality, where the market is penalizing them for the spend and not giving them credit for potential revenue from the spend,” he wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

In California, Attorney General Rob Bonta unveiled the first settlement for violating the new law, penalizing Aspen Dental Management, which is backed by asset managers Leonard Green & Partners and Ares Management.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

The suit claims that about 100 schools are left without these additional resources, penalizing them with larger class sizes and fewer opportunities to meet with teachers, among other drawbacks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2026

That means penalizing their “viewpoint”—a hostility toward C-sections—but it doesn’t raise First Amendment concerns.

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2025

There are probably a good many who believe in penalizing a runner for clumsy and stupid interference as well as for deliberate intent to foul.”

From The Jester of St. Timothy's by Arthur Stanwood Pier