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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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Following weeks of escalating tensions, Beijing and Washington agreed in May to suspend the hefty duties and loosen several punitive measures imposed in April, as both sides continued to work on hammering out a durable deal.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
21 Aug. 2025
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An industrial policy based entirely on punitive, unilateral tariffs will not promote the sustainable growth of the United States’ industrial base.—
Wally Adeyemo,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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Lyle's panel will weigh his disciplinary history, psychological assessments, and participation in rehabilitation programs.—
Hannah Parry
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
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Among that past ministry work was that of City of Refuge, a program administered by FBC Woodstock for pastors who vacated their pulpits due to burn out or disciplinary reasons.—
Liam Adams,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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To bring in more workers, the colony’s leaders then requested a conversion to penal status, like others that had been established on the continent since the 1780s.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Aug. 2025
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The assignment to a penal detachment is arguably a death sentence, however, as Russia's military has routinely used ex-convict forces to conduct near-suicidal missions in the war against Ukraine, leading to high casualty rates.—
Anders Hagstrom,
FOXNews.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Retaliative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retaliative. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.
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