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Example sentences for: retaliatory

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Even so, it's worth considering that a more vigorous pursuit of Serbian war criminals, while unlikely to stop every retaliatory killing, might nonetheless send a signal that the world believes justice to be a substitute--not an instrument--for revenge.
The Guardian interviews coach Glenn Hoddle, who says Beckham's retaliatory strike "wasn't violent conduct.
Instead, the U.S. should use its pinpoint conventional missiles to make both pre-emptive and retaliatory strikes against nuclear terrorists and rogue states.
A federal judge had ruled that Giuliani acted with "retaliatory intent" in cutting funds to the advocacy group Housing Works, which has criticized the mayor's AIDS policies.
Republicans immediately issued retaliatory fire.