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Eventually, this revengeful streak will result in loneliness and isolation.—
Nicole Froio,
refinery29.com,
29 Oct. 2024 -
Artemis was revengeful toward anyone who trespassed in wild nature, and trespassing could mean neglect, like not paying your dues.—
Robert Sullivan,
Vogue,
20 June 2023
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To be sure, some retributive violence has clearly taken place, and thousands of Syrians fearful of militant control have fled to Lebanon.—
Sam Heller,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2024
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By then, President Franklin Pierce and his secretary of war, Jefferson Davis, had already endorsed a retributive expedition of their own against the Lakota.—
Tim Madigan,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Oct. 2024
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A day after the dispute between Colombia and the United States over migrant deportations, two Republican congressmen from South Florida said any country that rejects the deportation of its nationals would face sanctions or other punitive measures.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2025
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The threat of tariffs and other punitive measures could become a key tool in the Trump administration's strategy to ensure the repatriation of undocumented immigrants.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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Some lumped together threats of mass violence with a number of other disciplinary offenses, inflating the numbers.—
Aliyya Swaby,
ProPublica,
28 Jan. 2025
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Protesters had commissary privileges revoked, were placed in solitary confinement and faced disciplinary write-ups, the complaint alleges.—
Suhauna Hussain,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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On July 8, 1936, Cowell arrived at San Quentin, the largest prison in a state penal system that ranked high among the country’s worst.—
Angelica Frey,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Jan. 2025
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These aural assassins should be rounded up and shipped to a penal island off the coast of Antarctica.—
SPIN Staff,
SPIN,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Retaliative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retaliative. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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