Sentence examples for milder slap on from inspiring English sources

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(Credit Suisse settled related S.E.C. charges with an even milder slap on the wrist than the proposed settlement with Citigroup).

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More obscene is that [Libby's harsh sentencing] comes after former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger got a mild slap on the wrist for his criminal acts.

Rice, who is Obama's cabinet-rank ambassador to the U.N., has declared repeatedly that one of her top priorities is to end human rights abuses in Sudan which from the Human Rights Council has received no more than a mild slap on the wrist, along with Orwellian praise for its "cooperation".

Otherwise, the Bundestag may administer more than a mild slap next time.

He brings color to her cheeks, courtesy of mild slaps, but she brings no light to his spirit in return.

Mr. Weingarten said that the punishment inflicted on Mr. Shuster was very mild and that "to call it a slap on the wrist overstates its severity".

Slap on the wrist?

A slap on the wrist?

Not even a slap on the wrist.

Is a slap on the arm "confusing"?

"It's a slap on the wrist".

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