retaliation
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Homeland Security then used that information to revoke Global Entry privileges in retaliation, the lawsuit alleges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
While countries have expressed disappointment, Cutler said, there are no signs of retaliation, "knowing full well they would risk further US tariff escalation."
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Predictably, the administration reacted to this media pushback with furious legal and political retaliation.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Arab states fear Israeli strikes would trigger Iranian retaliation against their energy infrastructure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Besa glared at him, but he understood the danger of retaliation.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
The cooling of tensions could draw U.S. investors back to Chinese stocks—after wariness about tit-for-tat retaliations between the two superpowers—and boost that market.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
Mr Raghavan is alluding to two previous major retaliations by India in 2016 and 2019.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2025
She and most people I interviewed for this column asked for anonymity, because private enterprises are easy and vulnerable targets for government retaliations.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2022
The agreement — which still needs to be finalized — comes after years of diplomatic tit-for-tat retaliations that have left the embassy badly understaffed, down from 1,200 personnel five years ago to just 120 now.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 3, 2021
The traditional rivalry between classes in the University existed from the first and many were the lessons taught the upstanding freshmen, with natural retaliations on the sophomores.
From The University of Michigan by Shaw, Wilfred
Vocabulary lists containing retaliation
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