retribution
Example Sentences
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Farmworkers who turned to advocacy groups for help spoke to The Times about their experiences but did not want to be identified for fear of retribution from their employers and the federal government.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
But amid all this weaponization and retribution is a heartening reality: In America, it doesn’t work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
But, more often than not, retribution isn’t an option.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
He stressed that the system must provide a sense of justice and retribution to crime victims, although he said that does not necessarily hinge on lengthy prison sentences.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026
There was Lieutenant Scheisskopf with his fanaticism for parades and there was the bloated colonel with his big fat mustache and his fanaticism for retribution, and they wanted to kill him, too.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing retribution
The Great Gatsby
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"The Cask Of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe
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"The Cask of Amontillado"
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