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McKinnon penalizes his fellow drill sergeant by dismissing him from overseeing that unit.

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They have been penalized 24 times in the past two games.

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The Dodgers were penalized by having to play these two games against the Reds.

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When self-driving cars violate the rules of the road, law enforcement can’t penalize them the same way that they can humans.

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But those were nothing next to the most wrongheaded move in recent Emmys history: the penalizing charity counter.

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