punish
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The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, which is helping represent Prabhakar, argues that public colleges may establish curriculum requirements but cannot punish professors merely because administrators dislike ideas expressed in relevant course material.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
"Nothing is more important than the welfare and future of our youth," he said in a social media post, promising to set up fast-track courts to punish those involved in question paper leaks.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
And yet, on a baking afternoon in front of a hostile crowd, a vastly superior Spain couldn’t find a way to punish them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
That could further reward companies already monetizing the historic capital expenditures necessitated by the AI build-out and punish those still burning cash on promises, according to market analysts.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 19, 2026
A furious heat rises in me, from my gut to the tips of my fingers, and my body clenches at his audacity, at the lies, at the lengths he’s willing to go to punish me.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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To recap: Purcell punishes a plaintiff in voting cases for being too late to court.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
Telegram Chief Executive Pavel Durov said on X that the ban punishes the app’s more than 150 million users in India over the actions of a few.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
Ahmed: Of course, like this idea of searching for your identity in a world that either commodifies it or punishes it, that’s something I relate to.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
"However we believe this must be done in a way that supports rather than punishes Welsh households, businesses and our farming sector."
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
It was a typical summer Miami afternoon where the humidity punishes any and all.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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As Iraola alluded to after, perhaps one of his players should have had the know how to commit a foul in that situation but Liverpool were punished again.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
"I don't feel like the victims should be punished again just because they can't hold prisoners for their full sentence."
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
In the near term, the market has punished many of these companies for their spending plans.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Higher crude costs threaten to widen India’s import bill and push up inflation, and have punished the rupee, which has weakened more than 6% against the dollar this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Even if you said you had to go to the lavatory, that was not accepted as an excuse and they punished you just the same.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
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He’s interested in a script he was recently sent that’s set in Africa and is “about how we’re punishing the planet.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The United States and Canada were headed back to the negotiating table on Friday seeking a deal to end months of trade tensions before punishing new tariffs kick in at midnight.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Some expressed hope that the latest bear market — which crypto enthusiasts have called a “crypto winter” — might finally be drawing to a close after a punishing 10-month stretch.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
That could help restore confidence in Indonesia’s markets and economy after a wave of warnings by credit agencies and index providers sparked a punishing selloff of the country’s assets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
To start with, my parents were complicated: strict, generous, punishing, expansive, withholding.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
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