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Authorities said earlier in the day that they had prevented 500 vehicles from entering and had penalized hundreds of people.

From Washington Post • Feb. 12, 2022

Mr. Daudzai said that the election commission had penalized both Mr. Ghani’s ticket and Mr. Abdullah’s for use of government resources and presence of government officials at rallies.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2019

The International Olympic Committee announced on Thursday that it had penalized four Russian athletes for doping violations at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, prompting criticism from President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2017

The N.C.A.A. would not say whether it had penalized any programs for transgressions by fans using social media, but it said the burden of monitoring and regulating the sites fell to the colleges.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2011

Judges had penalized Hughes repeatedly for taking off on the wrong edge, and as painstakingly frustrating as it was, Hughes practiced the jump over and over--and over and over.

From Time Magazine Archive