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abuse

[uh-byooz, uh-byoos] / əˈbjuz, əˈbjus /










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The federal case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

SafeSport, a non-profit established to prevent the abuse of athletes and and address misconduct allegations, was dismissed as a defendant in two lawsuits filed by gymnasts that allege the organization did not properly investigate Gardner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

No amount of money or guilt is worth staying in a toxic relationship with parents who abuse their privilege.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Experts working for the UN Human Rights Council wrote in April that Mohammed had been receiving death threats and online abuse for years, which were "believed to come from extremist religious militia".

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

They sang their compliments, their abuse, and only Alice confined herself to a thin smile, a closed look, and did not join the comments with one of her own.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

Most types of legal claim are thus blocked by this immunity, including cases about serious human rights abuses and data breaches, and there are no exemptions for unjustifiable conduct.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Mass defections erode loyalty, expose human-rights abuses and signal internal instability.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

It condemned all forms of discrimination against women and girls, and reiterated that sexual slavery of boys, and child marriages and forced forced marriages constituted human rights abuses.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

His supporters say he was targeted for blogging about alleged human rights abuses against the Sikh community in India and was coerced into signing a false confession to participation in the killings.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

An official city commission looking into abuses by the Housing Authority later catalogued many of these problems.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

"Right through the ages... those who're righteous, they've always been attacked, abused, accused, killed, imprisoned -- and this is the way it is," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

"No company in the US has abused this system more than Microsoft," Vance said.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

We are introduced to mortgage-backed securities and to the people who dreamt them up and abused them, antiheroes of the 2007-09 debt debacle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed legislation that seeks to remove abused and neglected animals from crowded municipal shelters during their owners’ criminal cases, according to the bill’s backers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

Several months later, they locked horns with their abolition movement colleagues again when Anthony assisted a woman who was being abused by her husband.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

While more than 90% of over 2,000 respondents supported the ban, there were some concerns over the police and other authorised officers abusing the powers.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

I have read and replied to many cautionary tales about people abusing their responsibilities.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

“Who wants to be accused of abusing children?” said Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

Many creditors pushed for these changes because they felt some individuals were abusing the system.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026

There were no words from them about how they were going to take any responsibility for keeping students from abusing us.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals


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