reprisal

Example Sentences

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After having lived through decades of war in their own country, and having escaped the possibility of reprisal and persecution there, the Afghan evacuees are now caught in another nightmare.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

"When I saw the images, I was disgusted," she told AFP, declining to share her full name for fear of reprisal.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

But these days, boosters who spend even more lavishly than Shapiro routinely help athletic departments fund college-athlete compensation without fear of reprisal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Many were granted anonymity due to fears of reprisal.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025

The only ways in which I felt that my feelings could go outward without fear of rude rebuff or searing reprisal was in writing or reading, and to me they were ways of living.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright