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After a prolonged legal battle between Elon Musk and U.S. regulators over his past purchase of Twitter shares, the technology CEO is getting off with little more than a slap on the wrist.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

The 36-year-old's victim, Ismail Qureshi, described the sentence as "a slap on the wrist".

From BBC • May 1, 2026

If those words mean anything, the school will identify the students who disrupted the event and hand them more than a slap on the wrist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

It would be generous to call that fine a slap on the wrist.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

So I slap on that smile and pretend everything’s okay even though it’s not.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray




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