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threat of punishment



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Players do what the coach wants, on and off the field, whether or not they receive a direct command or verbal threat of punishment.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2023

Fifty-seven respondents said staff didn’t comply with mask mandates, even when prisoners were made to mask constantly under threat of punishment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2023

Let’s call for the divulgence of those accounts immediately under serious threat of punishment for anyone aiding their subterfuge.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2022

Yet generations of fellow Catholic leaders faced the same dilemma of suspicion from one side and threat of punishment from the other.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2020

The inscription over Shakespeare's grave is an offer of reward if you do, and a threat of punishment if you don't, all in choice doggerel.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great by Hubbard, Elbert




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