The phrase "retaliation over" can be used in written English.
It usually refers to an act of revenge or a reprisal responding to a previous offense coming to an end. Example: After the storeowner refused to pay them, the thieves ceased their retaliation over the matter.
IN DECEMBER, George Bush caved in like warm Camembert to threats of European Union (EU) retaliation over illegal steel tariffs.
Figures and his supporters claimed that he, too, was a victim of retaliation over the failed Sessions judgeship nomination.
An American air base there supported operations in Afghanistan, across its southern border, until the government asked the Americans to leave in 2005 in retaliation over the sanctions.
The Chinese frequently threatened retaliation over actions that displeased them, in the political and military spheres as well as the economic.
It threatened nuclear retaliation over the South joint naval and air exercise with the United States in the waters off the Korean peninsula last week, drills meant as a show of force directed at the North.
The sinking has elevated tension on the Korean peninsula to the worst in many years, and North Korea has said any retaliation over the sinking could lead to war.
'Retaliation' over-promises and under-delivers".
Rodong Sinmun, the North's main newspaper, said that the United States' recent pledge to defend South Korea was tantamount to "asking for the calamitous situation of having a fire shower of nuclear retaliation all over South Korea".
Chief executive Louis Gallois said Beijing's refusal to allow Hong Kong Airlines to complete a $4bn order for the A380 super-jumbos amounted to "retaliation measures" over the policy, which came into force at the beginning of the year.
Employees suing over retaliation for raising discrimination claims have fared quite well, for example.
Barack Obama promises retaliation against Russia over hacking during US election China's Liaoning aircraft carrier battle group has conducted its first exercises with live ammunition, the country's navy said, in a show of strength as tensions with the US and Taiwan escalate.
