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It remains unclear whether Trump and his supporters will still try to punish Mr Smith.

From BBC

In 2020, Rubio was sanctioned by the Chinese government after he pushed measures to punish the nation for its crackdown on pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong.

From BBC

In September, Leicester City won an appeal against a possible points deduction for an alleged breach of financial rules, when an independent panel found the Premier League did not have the jurisdiction to punish the club as it had been relegated to the Championship when their accounting period ended.

From BBC

“Things just kept piling up. The books in schools, then the war, and more people shifted. A lot voted for Trump to punish Harris, and a lot voted for him because they started to believe, ‘Maybe this guy is the real deal,’” she said.

From Slate

“Research has shown … policies that stigmatize and punish pregnant people for their substance use actually seem to make things worse rather than better, so we really need to focus on the harms of the policies that are adopted in response and not just what the effective thing that substance is.”

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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