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Example sentences for: punish

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Finally, the plan detailed a public U.S. stance: America would use all its resources to eliminate terrorism as a threat, punish those responsible for the 9/11 attacks, hold states and other actors responsible for providing sanctuary to terrorists, work with a coalition to eliminate terrorist groups and networks, and avoid malice toward any people, religion, or culture.
But Political Bill was determined to punish Republicans at the polls by depicting their vote as a repudiation of arms control.
They want laws that punish them as delinquent babysitters.
So they don't know enough to punish the sharer, by reducing its market share.
"Electing Republicans is a way [voters] can punish Clinton," says a strategist who helped design the commercials.