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Recent Examples of unpunished
Furthermore, the report said that crimes against journalists go unpunished in Haiti, where gangs control large swaths of the capital city, and have waged an intimidation campaign against media workers and local residents.
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Astrid Suárez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
No grand romantic gesture goes unpunished.
—Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 5 Feb. 2026
Those who abuse power would go unpunished.
—The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
Every unpunished lie becomes permission.
—Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
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Astrid Suárez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
No grand romantic gesture goes unpunished.
—Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 5 Feb. 2026
Those who abuse power would go unpunished.
—The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
Every unpunished lie becomes permission.
—Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpunished
Adjective
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But also, a problem for our team is undisciplined fouling at times.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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Ryan Hartman took an undisciplined penalty in the final minutes against the Lightning.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Structural risks with the confinement system An uncontrolled failure of this internal shell would release large quantities of radioactive particles.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Apr. 2026
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In some cases, this can increase inflammation and lead to sepsis, a condition where the body’s response to infection becomes dangerously uncontrolled, damaging tissues and sometimes leading to organ failure.—
Panteha Torabian,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Daisy’s strategy with Mike has always been to treat him like a misbehaved child, which works insofar as scolding an incorrigible child does.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2026
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Terrible for me, an incorrigible snoop of other people’s phones, but probably a good thing for society at large.—
David Pierce,
The Verge,
28 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But amid an increasingly obstinate City Council, opponent Ald.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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As negotiations continued, government officials felt Amodei was proving far more obstinate than the CEOs of other leading labs.—
Harry Booth,
Time,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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More than a day later, firefighters remained on scene to douse stubborn hotspots.—
Naveen Dhaliwal,
CBS News,
19 Apr. 2026
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Use a cooktop scraper or soft sponge to remove stubborn residue while the cooktop is still warm for easier cleaning.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
18 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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From above, the light of an intransigent sun falls on the creosote bush, the coyotillo, the cat’s claw.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Feb. 2026
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Among those in the last category Freston dealt with personally was Sumner Redstone, the intransigent late media magnate, whose $3.4 billion takeover of Viacom in 1987 allowed Freston to grow MTV from a scrappy DIY upstart to a world-beating, generation-defining institution.—
Jake Nevins,
Vulture,
17 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Putting in the new chip was more difficult.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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The rest will be more difficult.—
Doug Haller,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Iran, with its massive military capabilities, its oil wealth, its appetite for regional hegemony and its obdurate Islamism may have been the foremost obstacle to Israel’s integration into the region since 1979.—
Ron Kampeas,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2026
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Despite the deluge of new data, the megaliths had given up none of their obdurate strangeness.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
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“Unpunished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpunished. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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