Sentence examples for retaliation given from inspiring English sources

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Monday that Britain needed to take "every possible precaution" to protect itself from Russian retaliation, given Moscow's track record of interference in other countries' domestic affairs and cyberattacks on critical infrastructure.

Retaliation gives, at best, only momentary respite from our pain.

That establishes an "address" for retaliation, giving ISIL an important incentive not to follow al-Qaeda's anti-American raison d'etre.

As one religious leader notes, we were traumatized by the event, and then jumped right into retaliation, giving ourselves no time or process for healing.

Until recently, employees in the business and financial sectors who dared to expose misconduct were routinely subjected to swift retaliation and given little recourse to defend themselves.

It says 125 Maoists attacked a village and killed 10 people belonging to the Kora Tribe in retaliation for giving police information that led to the death of 6 Maoists.

Given such retaliation, Judge Dearie suggested it was possible that the Police Department actually discouraged officers from reporting misconduct, regardless of what the patrol guide said.

"It is unclear what their perceived benefit would be from causing damage on U.S. soil, especially given the retaliation it would provoke," Mr. Cornelius said.

Twice on one shift in the second period, Philadelphia defenseman Chris McAllister checked Gomez hard into the boards, and in the final minute of the period, Mark Recchi muscled Andrei Zyuzin to the ice, with not one solid check given in retaliation.

Miller's office responded by leaking emails showing that Sanders' staff had refused to join a meeting in retaliation for not being given advance notice.

In 197 AD, Emperor Septimius Severus waged a brief and successful war against the Parthian Empire in retaliation for the support given to a rival for the imperial throne Pescennius Niger.