Sentence examples for act of retaliation from inspiring English sources

The expansion that was already under way then has become an earnest act of retaliation.

The bombing on Sunday was not the first act of retaliation.

They charge that the sale was an act of retaliation against the workers, who voted to unionize last November.

Police officials believe that Mr. Bryant was a victim of mistaken identity in an act of retaliation by gang members.

That, the NLRB's general counsel claims, was an illegal act of "retaliation" against strikers in Washington, aimed at intimidating them into not striking in the future.

Mr. Audi makes an almost delicate moment of Médée's most heinous act of retaliation against Jason — the offstage murder of their two children.

In what appeared to be an act of retaliation, gunmen riddled the car he was driving with automatic weapon fire, narrowly missing him.

Scaramucci was particularly incensed by a Politico report about his financial-disclosure form, which he viewed as an illegal act of retaliation by Priebus.

Lofton would do well to watch tapes of such menacing acts of retaliation.

"But the point the D.E.A. is deeply concerned about is the acts of retaliation".

Both sides are drawn into a prolonged conflict, as violent attacks and ensuing acts of retaliation continue for months.