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Example sentences for: punish

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Whether they've reached their conclusion for cynical or idealistic reasons, Hatch and Co. do seem to have hit on the only solution to this mess, the only outcome that will punish Clinton adequately, satisfy his persecutors enough to quiet them, and save us from two more years of this horror.
The year-end package celebrates "American innovators," arguing that the United States produces the best new ideas because it charges little for patents, doesn't punish business failure, and superbly transfers technology from the public sector to the private.
, "to punish the Ugandan media for running false stories that he eats dozens of oranges a day, [Amin] refuses to have his picture taken."
With that, President Clinton decided that the purpose of the U.S. attack--to punish Saddam's refusal to cooperate with the inspectors--had been rendered moot.
To punish China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, the U.S. government prohibited the launch of American commercial satellites on Chinese rockets, except with a presidentially granted exemption.