Example Sentences

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Beijing retaliated by forbidding Chinese companies from ordering Boeing jets -- or receiving those already ordered.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Police Department retaliated against four officers who attempted to raise concerns about unsafe working conditions at a firearms training facility.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

It dropped another 6% the following day, after China retaliated with tariffs of its own.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

The report also found evidence that Khan retaliated against two officials who first reported the aide’s allegations to court oversight bodies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Occasionally English planes retaliated and then the German fighters might intercept them right over Haarlem.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom