as in to retaliate
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Drea teams up with outsider and unlikely friend, Eleanor (Hawke, the daughter of actors Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman), to retaliate against their bullies in 2022's witty and heartfelt Do Revenge.—
Jacqueline Weiss,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025 -
DeSoto’s Baker retaliated with a strong 33-yard touchdown, but the PAT was no good.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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He and Steve Bannon were each held in contempt of Congress and imprisoned for four months after the DOJ prosecuted them.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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After passing the bar, Aidala got his start with the Kings County District Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn prosecuting some of the borough’s worst crimes.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
8 Sep. 2025
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There were three suspects implicated, who were not publicly identified.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Connections between the thalamus and cortex have long been implicated in autism.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Sep. 2025
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Schiffer said Meghan had been too risk averse in the first two seasons, but could try to pitch a slightly different concept for a third season that pushed the boundaries far more.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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His analysis of Paqueta’s performances in the four games under scrutiny was that his fouls were simply typical of an attacking midfielder trying — not very successfully — to help his team defensively.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Historic data In California, lightning strikes ignited 305 fires in 2024, as reported by NIFC, resulting in 90,206 acres of wildland burned.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Miller often called well into the evening, Dudek said, to chastise him about anything the press had reported that day that had caught the administration off guard.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 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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Act 302 went into effect last week, prompting 10 death row inmates to sue the state Department of Corrections, asking a judge to block the law as a violation of their constitutional rights.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Aug. 2025
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There is a higher bar for scientific evidence in regular courts than in vaccine court, and plaintiffs would have to sue large corporations rather than file a government claim.—
Anna Kirkland,
The Conversation,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Recriminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recriminate. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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