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He said U.S. laws already ban companies from creating dangerous technologies and punish them for damage their products cause.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

But while your brother’s lack of money management appears to have led your mother to make this gesture, it’s also important not to punish his children for the sins of their father.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Central Command, which plans and executes military operations in the Middle East, emailed a broad group of analysts and officers, asking for “new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran.”

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

“They’ll punish timing gaps because valuation is already stretched.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Mom didn’t sign me up for the Free Lunch Program to punish me.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

“The same rate hike that helps a CD also punishes anyone carrying a credit-card balance.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

To recap: Purcell punishes a plaintiff in voting cases for being too late to court.

From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026

Open always walks a tightrope between presenting a difficult test—one that rewards good shots and appropriately punishes bad ones—and creating conditions that veer into the absurd.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

“It reflects a legitimate and important state interest in protecting people from harassment and threats. But at the same time, this bill punishes the publication of information.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026

It was a typical summer Miami afternoon where the humidity punishes any and all.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

Not too long ago, Salesforce CRM -1.97%decrease; down pointing triangle and other corporate-software companies were getting punished by investors convinced that their expensive off-the-shelf products would soon be replaced with cheaper AI-concocted versions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

I remember going into those situations, and with no cause for such concern, feeling like I’m going to be punished for expressing myself in that way, because that’s the way the world was set up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

Flynn was being punished for his “reckless personality and defiant way of life,” Meyers writes in “Inherited Risk: Errol and Sean Flynn in Hollywood and Vietnam.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

While Chelsea have been punished for their breaches, Manchester City are still waiting to discover their fate after being charged with more than 100 breaches of the Premier League's financial rules following a four-year investigation.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

To the horrified spectators Laocoön had been punished for opposing the entry of the horse which most certainly no one else would now do.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

He spent two years operating the dozer in the landfill, where treading uneven ground can be physically punishing work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

It’s about rewarding some mothers and punishing others.

From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026

Doctors seem ready to watch even in weeks when they have had punishing days or nights in A&E.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

But under the punishing sun, you could see that these are not normal times.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

“But even punishing him’s not so important as making sure Lyra’s safe. That’s the most important thing.”

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman