escape punishment
Example Sentences
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The NFL’s decision is a firm rebuke of a player who admitted to violating one of the most sensitive rules in all of sports—and then spent months trying to escape punishment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Somewhat uncharacteristically, both Prigozhin and Putin exercised restraint and stepped back from the brink of civil war by agreeing on the compromise deal that allowed Prigozhin to escape punishment.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2023
In the meantime, said Larson, higher-ups continued to escape punishment after being accused of misconduct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
It reconstructs Leamas’s doomed operation even as it shows Guillam 50 years later trying to escape punishment for actions hailed as heroic at the time.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 28, 2017
Their purpose was to escape punishment, or work, or responsibility, and they were used for profit.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
