Despite the endless revisions, the editors proved to be gluttons for punishment and kept insisting on further edits.

The committee debated whether mirror punishments were an effective deterrent or simply escalated the conflict.

Human rights organizations condemned the government's collective punishments as a violation of international law.

The judge handed down a punishingly harsh sentence to the fraudster, hoping it would deter others.

The punishingness of the coach's training regimen left the new recruits exhausted but determined.