abuse
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"None of that is to do with any allegation or any action involving sexual abuse."
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
All information in the database is legally gathered, and in 2024 Congress added safeguards against abuse.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Pope Leo XIV will give an unprecedented address on Monday to the Spanish parliament and is set to meet with victims of sexual abuse by clergy.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Northern Ireland's Justice Minster Naomi Long accused Lockhart of playing to a crowd who were wearing masks and shouting abuse.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
To call the flatcar a coach was an abuse of the word.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
Vocabulary lists containing abuse
Common Five-letter Words for Wordle, List 4
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Macbeth's "Is this a dagger..." soliloquy
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Herbert Hoover on "Rugged Individualism" (1928)
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