retaliation
Example Sentences
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Its strategy, which has a narrow margin for error, depends on sustaining pressure without provoking overwhelming retaliation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Iran said it was in retaliation for a strike on a refinery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
The judge left in place three claims against Baldoni, involving retaliation and aiding and abetting in retaliation, leaving those accusations for a trial in New York in May.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
“After the dictator fell, gender expression should have been the natural extension of that kind of freedom. But there’s a kind of retaliation happening,” Zaalan shared.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Their house spirit, the domovoi, was furious, and in retaliation, he did one of his favorite punishments: knotting Anya’s hair as she slept.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
Vocabulary lists containing retaliation
Fahrenheit 451
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