penalties

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Penalties outlined in the order include shutting down that bank’s accounts in the U.S. or freezing the bank’s U.S. assets.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Penalties include restrictions on doing business and investing in China, as well as traveling to or from the country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Penalties looming, six weeks after suffering shootout elimination in the FA Cup.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025

Penalties were a big part of those comebacks.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2024

Penalties for the failure to carry out a contract The penalties most commonly invoked were payments to the treasury of a temple.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)