Sentence examples for actual retaliation from inspiring English sources

A significant number of the witnesses... gave evidence of their fears of, or actual retaliation, by the press in response to complaints.

China doesn't want to provoke actual retaliation or aggression from Vietnam".

"I and others allied with me who sought to expose their criminal operations in the U.S. were subjected to vicious harassment, death threats and actual physical retaliations".

Even when cases are won, what are the actual possibilities of retaliation?

6) The law of "eye for an eye," known as talion, restrict retaliation to the actual offender and limit it to the exact measure of the injury.

And it seems unlikely that the actual imposition of U.S. tariffs and Chinese retaliation will make it any easier to back away from this conflict than it would have been in the period before the kickoff of hostilities.

State law already protects employees from retaliation, but only if they have actual knowledge of wrongdoing that could endanger public health.

Doing it under the false pretense of national security — Section 232 — is an even worse idea, as it invites retaliation and weakens our credibility on actual trade disputes," said Sen. Patrick J. Toomey (R-Pa.).

That policy will protect you from your co-workers and anyone else who might be upset by your honesty: "The university will not tolerate retaliation toward or harassment of employees who report actual or possible violations.

The appeals court said demoted employees can sue for retaliation only if they could point to an "actual, rather than perceived, exercise of constitutional rights".

The Stanford report points out that this false information might be safer for informants than would be accurate descriptions of actual terrorists (which could place the informant in considerable danger of retaliation).