retaliation
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Still, Carney had no choice but to turn down Trump's trade deal offer last month, despite the likelihood of retaliation, said Drew Fagan, an expert on Canada-US economic relations at the University of Toronto.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
The move comes as retaliation for Canada imposing tariffs ranging from 15% to 50% on about $20 billion of U.S. goods on Tuesday morning—amounting to about 6% of U.S. exports to its northern neighbor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has also urged the Carney government to take a surgical approach to retaliation.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Iran subsequently claimed it targeted three oil tankers and several U.S.-linked vessels in the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Concerned for justice or retaliation for a son or husband, rather than a whole battalion of sons or husbands?”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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
American forces have at times mounted retaliations, but in limited fashion to avoid instigating a full-fledged conflict.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2024
Experts say that the war-fighting plans in general go from warning shots to single strikes to multiple retaliations and that the hardest question is whether there are reliable ways to prevent a conflict from escalating.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 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
He might forgive one, for he showed as he grew towards man's estate, and passed through the various vicissitudes of school and college life, a certain stern generosity of temper, and contempt for small retaliations.
From Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) by Mary Cholmondeley
Vocabulary lists containing retaliation
Fahrenheit 451
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