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abuse

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










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But the breakaway nuns always denied that they had been abuse victims.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 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

Digital sleuths have for years misidentified accused perpetrators of high-profile shootings and other crimes, exposing them to abuse.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Staff in the civil service were asked to come forward with any experiences of abuse or inappropriate behaviour during Donaldson's time as a junior minister.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

There was no plumbing, no pipes to carry water that a Tidemaker might abuse.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

The action by Vance’s antifraud task force targets Microsoft, Adobe and several tech recruiting companies over what officials have alleged are widespread abuses of the visa system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

"This is no time to return anyone forcibly to a country plagued by egregious human rights violations and abuses," UN rights chief Volker Turk said Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

However, 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 ● Oct. 1, 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

The housing blogs of southern California teemed with stories of financial abuses made possible by these so-called thirty-year payment option ARMs, or adjustable-rate mortgages.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

"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

In a news release, CIA Director John Ratcliffe said Rush "abused his position and betrayed the public trust and should be held fully accountable for his actions".

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

But universities got greedy and abused the system by overcharging the government for overhead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 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

The ship’s carpenter was just as she’d imagined him: the round mountains of his shoulders; the brown, sun-lined face and the bandanna tied around his forehead; the splintery abused hands spotted with scars and pitch.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

But none of the updates have attracted as much attention or scrutiny as its move to forbid users abusing its chatbots.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 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

In 1890, the North River Sugar Refining Corporation was dissolved by New York’s highest court on the grounds that it was abusing its power as a corporation.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026

But after he left Miss Ransom’s house and stood for a half hour watching Bud and C.T. abusing each other at checkers, he decided to check Sheila out right fast and quit for the day.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison


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