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Example sentences for: punish

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When is it permissible to punish one person for the wrongs of another?
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.
The explanation is widely held to be that Fogleman thought the Air Force general in charge of security at the barracks in Saudi Arabia bombed by terrorists last year was blameless but that Fogleman's boss, Secretary of Defense William Cohen, is likely to punish him.
The naughty rejoinder, offered by her lawyer: Critics just want to punish her because "she is attractive."
Global labor markets punish nations with a high minimum wage or costly environmental standards.