punishment
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Prosecutors have not indicated whether they intend to pursue capital punishment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
US President Donald Trump meanwhile threatened the Iran-backed fighters with "major military punishment".
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Alongside last season's punishment, Southampton will start the new Championship campaign with a four-point deduction.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
It didn’t make any sense from the legal point of view that they would receive this much punishment for something that was so minimal.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
“I could handle his punishment, though. It was Gabriel who couldn’t.”
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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
The changes were designed to toughen punishments for terrorists and enhance deterrence against extremism, some officials have said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
In March, Environment Minister Andrew Muir said reforms could see NI Water face tougher punishments for issues in the waterways.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
I mean, my father was Thomas Edison when it came to inventing punishments.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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