punished
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The penalty for withdrawals from existing Lifetime Isas will be lowered, too, to address concerns about savers being punished.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
This phenomenon stems in part from the just-world cognitive bias, the tendency to believe that the world is fundamentally fair and that good people are rewarded while bad people are punished.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
Bass said that when she toured police station houses after being elected, the number one complaint she heard was about the perception that lower-ranking officers are punished more severely than command staff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Rhoad's fiancee Natalie Weirtz told the court by video call that the accused "must be punished so that no other family suffers the same pain."
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
“You always said that dishonesty was punished eventually, so I didn’t want to keep it.”
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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