punish
Example Sentences
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"If Spain get through they have the quality to maybe pass through them and maybe the pace of Lamine Yamal to try and punish them, but France look imperious. Then you have got individual brilliance."
From BBC • Jul. 10, 2026
A senior EU official insisted Brussels did not want to punish companies.
From Barron's • Jul. 10, 2026
The division continues to enforce environmental laws, punish fraudsters and smugglers, honor our nation’s treaty and trust obligations to tribes, and defend federal agencies’ efforts to protect and develop responsibly our wildlife and natural resources.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026
But the campaigners behind Thursday's report believe more is needed to ensure full transparency, calling in particular for a legally-binding lobby register that would punish companies and groups posting inaccurate data.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
“Aren’t you going to punish him?” said Uncle Kufa.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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