as in to retaliate
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The movie ends as the president is forced to choose between letting the missile just hit Chicago to avoid starting a war or retaliating.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025 -
The crew allegedly used violence to enforce its territory including shootings, murder and assaults and retaliated against witnesses who cooperated with law enforcement.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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The University of Miami law school graduate was a relatively young prosecutor in 2004 when she was chosen to lead a team to prosecute Smith — who was ultimately convicted of the murders of six people, mostly associated with gang activity and drug trade.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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The latest case is led by Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, who has tried to prosecute out-of-state providers for prescribing the drug to residents in her state.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Mercury News,
25 Oct. 2025
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The documents included disciplinary information and reportedly showed that Sherrill was barred from walking at her 1994 graduation after refusing to implicate classmates who cheated on an exam.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Neither Deckmate nor its parent company, Light & Wonder, were implicated in any way in Thursday’s indictments.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
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His low cross found Pascal Gross for a tap-in at the far post after Luke Shaw had been dragged central trying to cut off Adam Lallana.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Then, one person had to dig out a hole in the sand under the cage to squeeze through and rebound shots from players trying to hit three balls into three baskets.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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But in other parts of the country, unruly and often unsupervised kids have led to some breweries banning little ones from their spaces entirely or during certain times, the New York Times reported this summer.—
Jordyn Noennig,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The company reported that the Nashville Snooki Shop leads all four locations in daily sales, content engagement and foot traffic.—
Hadley Hitson,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 Oct. 2025
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Over the years, Pearcy has given numerous different accounts of the crime — at times blaming Dailey and other times inculpating himself.—
Pamela Colloff,
ProPublica,
13 Feb. 2012
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The issue has been heightened this month, after Sacramento Superior Court Judge Lauri Damrell shut down tribes’ attempt to sue card rooms for being in violation of state law.—
Kate Wolffe
October 23,
Sacbee.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Government Accountability Office can sue the OMB over an impoundment or pocket rescission to get the money released.—
Andy Kroll,
ProPublica,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Recriminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recriminate. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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