punishment
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He reiterated that stance just a decade ago during his confirmation hearing for attorney general, though he also expressed concerns about the unjust application of the punishment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
A big sports story of late is the NBA’s punishment of the Los Angeles Clippers for violating league rules by trying to avoid the salary cap on player compensation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
On Friday, Gasly lost the podium at Monaco to which he had been promoted after Alpine won an appeal against two penalties for pit-lane speeding, when the FIA court of appeal reinstated the punishment.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
“Justice,” in the parlance of the American legal system and true crime podcasts, generally means punishment, which generally means prison.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
They were sentenced to public punishment by toad.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
The process to terminate controllers can be lengthy and result in lighter punishments or reversals, as has happened in some cases this year, people familiar with the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Blumenfield, who authored a motion to start the process, called the law, along with its punishments of a $1,000 fine and up to six months in jail, “uncommonly silly.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
The king of Ithaca’s pride in his ingenious trick is steadily sapped by a series of cosmic punishments.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
Excommunication is one of the harshest punishments that can be given by the Church, effectively expelling the offender from the religion and excluding them from Catholic life.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
It carried punishments that were different from those for other crimes, explained the judge assigned to his case, a judge who loathed squandered opportunities.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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