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

Iran has threatened severe reprisal if it is attacked.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

Many were granted anonymity due to fears of reprisal.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025

But they cannot extinguish the belief that religion keeps alive: that there is something higher than Caesar’s will, something that commands conscience beyond fear of reprisal or political favor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

Only a sense of the solidarity and fighting ability of Mack and the boys saved them from some kind of reprisal.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck