abuse
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We also inspired people like the journalist Nick Shirley, who has identified fraud in Minnesota and California, to continue the crusade against waste and abuse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
“I can’t deal with this stress anymore. I’d rather take a massive pay cut, and have to deal with all manner of abuse and bodily fluid. Genuinely,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Petitioners are asked to document their abuse in detail, including dates and locations where incidents occurred.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
GPS tracking of people on bail, including those suspected of domestic abuse, is to begin in parts of central Scotland next year, John Swinney has confirmed.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
This abuse of the dead displeased all the immortals except Hera and Athena and Poseidon.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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Despite his ongoing asylum case, he now faces deportation to the country he fled and whose abuses he has spent years documenting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The Rome Statute allows the court to intervene in most cases only when national authorities are unwilling or unable to investigate abuses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Both sides have regularly accused the other of alleged abuses and ceasefire violations, often unverifiable by independent parties.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
There are still transparency laws that apply to Flock databases, which is how 404 Media and other media outlets have discovered abuses of the technology.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Every schoolchild knew of the information abuses that nearly brought down civilization before the Thunderhead condensed into power.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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At the Old Bailey last year, Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said Gill had abused his position and had eroded "public confidence in democracy".
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
She digs into why it’s so appealing—and why it’s also become the most abused trope on BookTok.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Blair, whose IMDb site lists dozens of movies and television shows dating back to 1968, founded her foundation in 2003 to rehabilitate and rescue abandoned and abused animals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he wanted to "forgive" protesters who abused him during recent youth-led demonstrations that dealt a rare political setback to his government.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
But even this miserable restriction was abused by the authorities.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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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
The court also acquitted them of abusing Graven's psychological frailty, as he had told police prior to his death that he had consented to the stunts, Hamadi's lawyer told Reuters.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 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
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