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The remedy should reward honesty rather than punish error.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

I think the job of regulators is to go there and police the markets, be the cop on the beat and punish wrongdoers who seek to take advantage.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Surely, though, it must be possible to punish a company for being reckless or negligent in its use of A.I., even if no one gave an agent a prompt like “Do some crimes.”

From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026

The French president’s administration has vowed to punish those responsible for the violence while acknowledging failures in the police response.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

She thinks I’m trying to punish myself, but I figure it’s still just someone trying to sell something, and I’m not buying.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

As portrayed by an excellent Samantha Sloyan, Margaret still punishes Carrie by frequently shoving her into a prayer closet, but she’s also more grounded in her humanity.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

If the North punishes the POWs' families and word spreads, it "could provoke unrest among the families of other soldiers", he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

When guided by seasoned coaches, football punishes hits after the whistle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

At the happy ending of The Tempest, Prospero brings the king back together with his son, and finds Miranda’s true love, and punishes the bad duke, and frees Ariel, and becomes a duke himself again.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

Shares of Alphabet were punished on signs that AI’s advance may encroach on a crucial part of its business, even as its data-center spending push continues.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

Traders punished the stock with a 13% decline Thursday that marked its worst day on record, hammering major Alphabet shareholders such as Berkshire Hathaway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

"This earnings season has been tough on AI players, with most getting punished against a backdrop of AI bubble and inflation fears," Anna Wu, of Floodlines Research, said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

This phenomenon stems in part from the just-world cognitive bias, the tendency to believe that the world is fundamentally fair and that good people are rewarded while bad people are punished.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

I bet the kahuna would have punished Brandon.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

What’s the use of punishing a terminally ill man?

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde on Wednesday urged the eurozone to adapt faster to climate change as the economic costs mount, after a summer of punishing heatwaves.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

Alphabet endured a punishing selloff of its own, while the Nasdaq closed out its worst month since March 2025.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

But it’s eminently plausible that the sudden onset of a winter storm, with low temperatures and cold precipitation, transformed a modest hike into a punishing ordeal for which the two men were unprepared.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

But simply punishing the broken—walking away from them or hiding them from sight—only ensures that they remain broken and we do, too.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson