penalize
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“I think it was a deliberate choice to penalize a journalist for refusing to sanitize accurate reporting,” Alfonsi told the New York Times of her firing.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026
CBS News didn’t renew correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi’s contract, which she said was a move to penalize her for refusing to sanitize reporting.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Wolff wants to publish an annual report card of insurer behavior, while Kim similarly wants to create an insurer “dashboard” and penalize delays.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Yet when adults drop out of the workforce to have babies, or future workers, we penalize them by refusing to credit those years toward their own Social Security payments.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
It also forbade the use of federal funds for anything that discriminated against anyone, and authorized the federal government to enforce the integration of schools and penalize schools that didn’t comply.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964), List 3
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