abuse

While the system genuinely helps people in need, it is also open to abuse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

In an increasingly digital world, players are more accessible than ever through social media, bringing them closer to fans but also exposing them to online harassment and abuse.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

"In a time of state surveillance and cyber-attacks, Signal is a tool for survival," says Hera Hussain, founder of the gender abuse charity Chayn, which is active throughout South Asia.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Ironically, Musk actually missed one of the biggest areas of waste, fraud and abuse in the entire system.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

In his Ring cycle, Wagner tackles the subjects of incest, or the abuse of power, or greed - all pertinent to nineteenth-century Europe - but transports the action to the distant mists of prehistory.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

But critics say these programs generally focus on environmental crimes and overlook labor abuses on ships.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Beijing has denied allegations of forced labor and other abuses in the region.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 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 last week.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 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

He invited a group of influential nuns from the Catholic group Pax Christi to Haiti, hoping when they returned to the States they would spread the truth about the junta’s abuses.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

"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

The administration says it seeks assurances from those countries that the deported persons will not be not be abused or persecuted, but it refuses hearings for individuals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

It’s a power that is easily mishandled and abused, but then there are authors such as Charles Dickens, who knew how to harness the full potency of description.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

In America no one teased me and no one abused me.

From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince

Prosecutors in Colombia have accused former foreign minister Laura Sarabia of abusing her power after she made her nanny take a lie detector test.

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

The Germans are upset at stories that Czechs and Poles are abusing ethnic Germans living in Czechoslovakia and Poland.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti