retaliation
Example Sentences
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The club’s refusal to advance her, in McArthur’s view, was plain retaliation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Among them is Brock, now a client of Ticktin, who still insists “there’s been zero accountability” for the prosecutors, judges, and FBI agents that he believes coordinated a campaign of legal retaliation against him.
From Slate • May 28, 2026
The spokesperson did not address questions regarding whether the raids were done in retaliation for the group’s monitoring of immigration raids.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
The stories frame the all-consuming desire for retaliation as an integral aspect of our mortal lives; no one gets out without hankering for a bit of vengeance.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
The God of Fire, sometimes said to be the son of Zeus and Hera, sometimes of Hera alone, who bore him in retaliation for Zeus’s having brought forth Athena.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Vocabulary lists containing retaliation
Fahrenheit 451
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The Crucible
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The Hate U Give
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