as in undisciplined
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Recent Examples of unpunished
World’s Greatest Explorer Meets Toughest Footrace on Earth Choi’s antics didn’t go unpunished.
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Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 9 Nov. 2024
All can act with impunity and offer protection to their client states, allowing atrocities to go unpunished and shielding dictators in Africa and elsewhere from scrutiny.
—Mo Ibrahim, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2022
But this is not the sort of series that will leave evil unpunished or afflict the good with senseless tragedy.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
Astor in particular struggled to come out of their shell, even conceding a couple of big chances which went unpunished.
—Neel Shelat, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
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Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 9 Nov. 2024
All can act with impunity and offer protection to their client states, allowing atrocities to go unpunished and shielding dictators in Africa and elsewhere from scrutiny.
—Mo Ibrahim, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2022
But this is not the sort of series that will leave evil unpunished or afflict the good with senseless tragedy.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
Astor in particular struggled to come out of their shell, even conceding a couple of big chances which went unpunished.
—Neel Shelat, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpunished
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Racially bigoted and undisciplined policing is the root cause of some $80 million paid out in 2023 to settle police misconduct cases alone.David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 22 Nov. 2024
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At some point, being undisciplined becomes the team’s identity.C.J. Doon, Baltimore Sun, 19 Nov. 2024
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Patrollers will trigger slides with explosives, or by slope-cutting—skiing at a 45-degree angle across a hillside—prior to a run opening to reduce the risk of uncontrolled avalanches while the terrain is open.Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 6 Dec. 2024
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Still, its main role would be deterrence; European troops would not serve in frontline combat roles, where they would be exposed to daily incidents and skirmishes, to avoid the risk of unwanted, uncontrolled escalation.Elie Tenenbaum, Foreign Affairs, 3 Dec. 2024
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So if Vegas is the accomplished old sibling that everyone wants to be like, and Utah is the incorrigible youngster doing it its own way, that would make the Kraken the middle child of the group.Sean McIndoe, The Athletic, 1 July 2024
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Trump’s parents shipped their incorrigible second son off to military school 90 minutes outside New York City just after his 13th birthday.James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
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The Founding generation also worried that older men were more inflexible, obstinate, uninterested in change, and stuck in their ways—all leadership qualities at odds with the experimentation needed for representative government.Rebecca Brannon / Made by History, TIME, 3 July 2024
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Republicans will be obstinate in refusing to pass any bill that might bolster Democrats’ electoral prospects in November.Paolo Confino, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2024
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The Fed’s preferred inflation measure — the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index — is due Friday and could similarly show stubborn price pressures.Bryan Mena, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
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However, Kamil Kovar, senior economist at Moody’s Analytics, argued in a note that stubborn core inflation would continue to spur ECB caution next year.Jenni Reid, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024
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Russia understands this—its goal will be to paint Ukraine as intransigent, providing a pretext to stall talks.Niall Ferguson, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
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Furthermore, the practice is tightly bound to the seemingly intransigent social marginalization of women.Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
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The day of his funeral was an incredibly difficult one for his grieving widow Barbara, their four adult children, including Kordisch Tucker, and his grandchildren.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
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Weightiness in Its Black and White Cinematography Co-star Nicholas Hoult had his own experience dealing with these difficult scene partners and decided to make the best of it by having fun with some of his fellow players, including Bill Skarsgård, who plays the blood-thirsty creature Count Orlok.Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
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Up the long hill and around a bend that almost touches itself White Chimneys comes into view, as harsh and obdurate as ever.Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
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Over the next several hundred million years, terrestrial plants of all kinds profoundly altered the planet, accelerating the water cycle, turning obdurate crust into supple soil—and pushing the level of atmospheric oxygen to new heights.Ferris Jabr, The Atlantic, 25 June 2024
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“Unpunished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpunished. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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