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He also acknowledged that Boeing had retaliated against whistleblowers but said he had "listened" to those employees.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2024

The coach did concede Buddy Boeheim had retaliated for being pushed.

From Washington Times • Mar. 9, 2022

Both cited a 2019 inspector general report that found that he had retaliated against Andrew Bakaj, the former lead counsel for the CIA whistleblower, when the two men worked in the agency’s inspector general office.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2021

The report also found that Cuomo had retaliated against another of his accusers.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2021

Mr Slope had endeavoured to strengthen his cause by calling Mr Arabin an owl, and Mr Arabin had retaliated by hinting that Mr Slope was an infidel.

From Barchester Towers by Trollope, Anthony