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Fans hoping for a revengeful scoring outburst were left wanting a little more, however, as Dončić — a career 28.6 points per game scorer — added only 10 points over the final three quarters.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC News,
26 Feb. 2025 -
Eventually, this revengeful streak will result in loneliness and isolation.—
Nicole Froio,
refinery29.com,
29 Oct. 2024
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Russell Vought’s retributive targeting of universities, law firms, and the media.—
Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
15 July 2025
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The lawyer articulated a different retributive vision, one that corresponds to, say, dismantling federal agencies via deregulation, or rooting out dark money—not just handcuffing Trump’s enemies for the camera.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
11 May 2025
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The duty-free treatment of the past is on the verge of being replaced with a 50 percent punitive tariff — a shocking and destructive increase that serves no obvious purpose.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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The new accord removes the overhang of more punitive tariffs, providing a relief rally to stocks in the sector.—
Ganesh Rao,
CNBC,
28 July 2025
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If either are found to break another institutional rule, they will be suspended, as per their disciplinary results.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Any significant deviation from the current disciplinary system must be done with full public transparency, clear evidence of effectiveness, and strong community involvement.—
Julia Richman,
Denver Post,
28 July 2025
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Iran’s Islamic Republic government likely will block it because, aside from Panahi’s outspoken stance against its stranglehold on democracy that has landed him in prison twice, the film is highly critical of Iran’s penal system on the back of the director’s own firsthand experiences.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
25 June 2025
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In the report on El Salvador, whose penal system has become a dumping ground for migrants deported from the United States, there will be no details on the conditions in those prisons.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
1 May 2025
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“Retaliative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retaliative. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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