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Recent Examples of unpunished
Every unpunished lie becomes permission.
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Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
Iran doesn’t intend to push the country toward war, but won’t allow either domestic or international criminals to go unpunished, Khamenei said.
—Arsalan Shahla, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2026
While these high-profile cases break through the silence and expose the egregious abuses of men whose standing insulated them for years, millions of survivors, particularly migrant women, remain invisible, and countless perpetrators go unpunished.
—Mónica Ramírez, Time, 8 Jan. 2026
The violation will almost certainly go unpunished, but the rules and norms will be missed.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2026
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Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
Iran doesn’t intend to push the country toward war, but won’t allow either domestic or international criminals to go unpunished, Khamenei said.
—Arsalan Shahla, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2026
While these high-profile cases break through the silence and expose the egregious abuses of men whose standing insulated them for years, millions of survivors, particularly migrant women, remain invisible, and countless perpetrators go unpunished.
—Mónica Ramírez, Time, 8 Jan. 2026
The violation will almost certainly go unpunished, but the rules and norms will be missed.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unpunished
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpunished
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The next 80-piece was always going to involve some combination of a tanking opponent with undisciplined defense, a relatively tight whistle and a head coach willing to abandon ethics for the final push.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
14 Mar. 2026
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Once again, Jordan appears as an undisciplined youth, this time avoiding going to juvenile detention by joining East Dillon High's team despite never playing football before.—
Ken Simmons,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Mar. 2026
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While the virus is continuing to spread uncontrolled in the southwest part of Utah, other parts of the state — including areas closer to Salt Lake City — are now experiencing increases in cases.—
Erika Edwards,
NBC news,
13 Mar. 2026
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When a man already has high blood pressure or uncontrolled diabetes, the likely causes of ED are easier to pinpoint.—
Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt,
CNN Money,
4 Mar. 2026
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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
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But amid an increasingly obstinate City Council, opponent Ald.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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Her husband, Charles (Christian Slater), is away on a months-long work trip, forcing her to deal with their obstinate landlord alone.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Mar. 2026
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Its hot water wash dissolves stubborn grease on the mop pads, while its specialized Curv design prevents long hair from tangling around the brushes.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
17 Mar. 2026
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For any stubborn coffee stains on the carafe, apply baking soda directly to the interior surface and gently scrub with a soft sponge or toothbrush.—
Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
16 Mar. 2026
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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
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The most difficult piece of the puzzle?—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
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But studying those relationships is difficult, due to the challenges in actually observing social interactions in the shark world.—
BRADY DENNIS THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
22 Mar. 2026
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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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