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retaliation

[ri-tal-ee-ey-shuhn] / rɪˌtæl iˈeɪ ʃən /




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He said that Canada was also maintaining its "prolonged retaliation" against the United States, including prohibitions on certain American goods and services.

From Barron's Aug. 22, 2026

Additionally, Barnett’s death inspired other whistleblowers to come forward despite their fears of retaliation from Boeing.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

FCC chairman Brendan Carr has said that the renewal requests were focused on "public interest", not retaliation.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Alongside the retaliation, however, Beijing signaled it still wants to prevent bilateral relations from veering off track.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Feeling indignant that he was not taken into his tutor’s confidence, he set his wits to work to devise some proper retaliation for the slight.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

The moves follow a familiar pattern in U.S.-China negotiations of “limited escalations, symbolic retaliations, and carefully timed policy signals designed to probe the other side’s bottom line,” Gao said.

From Barron's Oct. 15, 2025

Mr Raghavan is alluding to two previous major retaliations by India in 2016 and 2019.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2025

Chastain got into both of them at different points, leading to a series of on-track retaliations.

From Seattle Times Jun. 5, 2022

The agreement — which still needs to be finalized — comes after years of diplomatic tit-for-tat retaliations that have left the embassy badly understaffed, down from 1,200 personnel five years ago to just 120 now.

From Washington Post Dec. 3, 2021

It is needless to add that there were retaliations: how could it be otherwise?

From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Mayne Reid




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