reprisal
Example Sentences
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After having lived through decades of war in their own country, and having escaped the possibility of reprisal and persecution there, the Afghan evacuees are now caught in another nightmare.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
"When I saw the images, I was disgusted," she told AFP, declining to share her full name for fear of reprisal.
From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026
Many were granted anonymity due to fears of reprisal.
From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025
Soccer official, who asked that their name not be used to avoid possible reprisal.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2025
The only ways in which I felt that my feelings could go outward without fear of rude rebuff or searing reprisal was in writing or reading, and to me they were ways of living.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
Vocabulary lists containing reprisal
The Constitution of the United States
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 8–13
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Vocabulary from The Articles of Confederation
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