1.   He can defend the privileges and remaining powers of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, which absorbed punishing electoral losses earlier this month.

2.   IMF supporters say that most investors have taken punishing losses.

3.   So accustomed to punishing losses to the Huskies, many UCLA players did not know how to react.

4.   Henry was rushed to the hospital Tuesday night following a punishing loss to fellow Briton Dominic Negus in the defense of his southern England cruiserweight title.

5.   Notably, the big gain came at the end of a week in which technology stocks have suffered punishing losses on Wall Street.

6.   Wall Street endured another roller-coaster session Monday, with market averages recovering from punishing losses and finishing only moderately lower.